Overview
- Pakistan has repatriated over 85,000 Afghan nationals since April 1, with authorities reaffirming the April 30 deadline as final.
- The deportations are part of the Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan launched in late 2023, targeting undocumented Afghans and Afghan Citizen Card holders.
- UN agencies and rights groups have criticized the campaign, warning of the humanitarian risks for vulnerable returnees, particularly women and children.
- Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar visited Kabul for high-level talks, resulting in an agreement with Afghanistan to prevent the use of their territories for cross-border terror activities.
- Temporary holding centers have been established in Pakistan to process deportees, who are primarily being sent through the Torkham border crossing into Afghanistan.