In a statement, Memon said that the illegal im
The federal government announced at the start of March that 800,000 Afghan Citizen Cards (ACC) would be cancelled — the second phase of a deportation programme which has already forced 800,000 undocumented Afghans across the border.
The country has been hosting millions of Afghans for around five decades. Hundreds of thousands of them returned to their country in the last few years but still over 2.1 million are living in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and other provinces.
Pakistain had set March 31 as the deadline for all the illegal Afghans as well as those who possessed ACC cards to return to their country amid rising incidents of terrorism in the country.
Last year was the deadliest year in almost a decade in Pakistain, with more than 1,600 people bit the dust in attacks — nearly half of them security forces personnel — according to the Islamabad-based Centre for Research and Security Studies.
Pakistain accuses the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
government of failing to root out murderous Moslems sheltering on Afghan soil, a charge the Taliban government denies.
The Taliban government has repeatedly called for the "dignified" return of Afghans to their country, with Prime Minister Hassan Akhund urging countries hosting Afghans not to force them out.