Pakistan’s Anti-migrant Crackdown Risks Radicalizing Deported Afghans

Pakistan’s Anti-migrant Crackdown Risks Radicalizing Deported Afghans

The Pakistani government’s crackdown on undocumented migrants and mass deportations to Afghanistan risk radicalizing those who have been forced out of the country — often returning to deplorable conditions back home, analysts and experts said Thursday. More than 250,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in recent weeks as the government rounded up, arrested, and kicked out … Read more

Pakistan Swoops Down on Illegal Afghan Immigrants

Pakistan Swoops Down on Illegal Afghan Immigrants

Afghan children sit beside their family’s belongings retrieved from their damaged mud homes demolished by authorities during a crackdown against an illegal settlement and immigrants, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Anjum Naveed Advertisement Pakistani security forces on Wednesday rounded up, detained and deported dozens of Afghans who were … Read more

Afghans Head to Border in Droves to Leave Pakistan Ahead of a Deadline in Anti-migrant Crackdown

Afghans Head to Border in Droves to Leave Pakistan Ahead of a Deadline in Anti-migrant Crackdown

Advertisement Large numbers of Afghans crammed into trucks and buses in Pakistan on Tuesday, heading to the border to return home ahead of the expiration of a Pakistani government deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation. The deadline is part of a new anti-migrant crackdown that targets all … Read more