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Deportation of illegal Afghan refugees accelerated

Afghan people enter Pakistan at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman after the Talibans military takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021. — AFP
Afghan people enter Pakistan at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman after the Taliban's military takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021. — AFP

JAMRUD: Hundreds of Afghan refugees detained in Pakistan have been deported this week, as the repatriation of illegal Afghan refugees from the country has accelerated in recent days.Sources said that 561 Afghan nationals detained in Pakistan were released and sent back to Afghanistan during the current week. Over the past few weeks, Pakistan has arrested thousands of Afghan refugees residing in the country illegally and deported them.