Pakistan Deports 10,000 Afghan Migrants In Single Day
Pakistan deported more than 10,000 Afghan migrants to Afghanistan in a single day through the Chaman–Spin Boldak crossing, Geo News reported on Saturday, citing official Pakistani sources.
According to the report, 10,700 Afghans were expelled as part of Islamabad’s ongoing crackdown on undocumented migrants.
Pakistan also briefly reopened the Torkham border crossing on Saturday exclusively for deportations, denying passage to commercial convoys and patients, the outlet said.
Qari Zahid, the Taliban’s border official at Torkham, confirmed that Pakistan reopened the crossing only for deportations. He said the process began on Saturday with the expulsion of about 1,400 families, roughly 8,000 people.
The border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan had been closed following recent clashes between Taliban and Pakistani forces, which left trade and travel suspended for several days.
Pakistan has intensified deportations in recent weeks, forcing thousands of Afghan nationals many of whom had lived in the country for decades to return to Afghanistan amid rising tensions between Islamabad and Kabul.
