QUETTA:
Pakistan issued a new call on Friday so that Afghans living in Baluchistan leave the country, which caused thousands to run to the border, authorities said.
“We have received directives from the Department of Origin to launch a new impulse to repatriate all Afghans … in a respectful and orderly manner,” Mehar Ullah, a senior government official in Quetta, told AFP.
The province borders Afghanistan and there are significant links between the regions.
On Friday, there were “around 4,000 to 5,000 people at the Chaman’s border” hoping to return, said Habib Bingalzai, a senior government official in Chaman.