- Thousands of Afghan gather on the Chamana border to return.
- New orders issued to repatriated Afghans respectfully and ordered.
- Iran has also deported more than 1.5 million Afghan in recent years.
Pakistan issued a new call on Friday for Afghanos to live in the southwest to leave the country, which caused thousands to run to the border, authorities said.
A deportation campaign first launched in 2023 was renewed in April when the government rescinded hundreds of thousands of residence permits for Afghans, warning them of arrests if they did not leave.
“We have received directives from the Department of Origin to launch a new unit to repatriate all Afghans … in a respectful and orderly manner,” said Mehar Ullah, a senior government official in Quetta. AFP.
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.
Abdul Latif Hakimi, head of refugee registration in the province of Kandahar in Afghanistan, said they were aware of an increase in the return of Afghan on Friday.
In total, more than one million Afghan have left Pakistan since 2023, including more than 200,000 since April.
The campaign was addressed to the more than 800,000 Afghans with temporary residence permits, some of which were born in Pakistan or have lived here for decades.
Last year, Pakistan recorded the largest number of deaths from attacks in a decade and the government often accuses Afghan citizens of participating in attacks.
Iran has also launched a large -scale deportation campaign of Afghas, which has seen more than 1.5 million sent through the border.
