Islamabad:
More than 200,000 Afghan have left Pakistan since the government renewed a deportation campaign in April.
According to the Ministry of Interior, more than 135,000 Afghas left Pakistan in April, while around 67,000 departed in May and more than 3,000 were sent back in the first two days of June.
The number of returnees has slowed ahead of Eid al-Adha’s holidays at the end of this week, but some Afghans were still crossing the main border points from Pakistan on Wednesday.
Pakistan now threatens to raise the protection granted to the 1.3 million Afghans who have refugee cards issued by UNHCR at the end of June.
