Pakistan to Begin Deportation of 1.7 million Undocumented Afghans

Pakistan Government announced on Tuesday a plan ordering all undocumented immigrants, including 1.7 million Afghans, to leave the country by November 1, vowing mass deportations for those who stay.

Some analysts say the crackdown on undocumented Afghan immigrants stems from a dramatic surge in terrorist attacks in Pakistan in recent months.

However, others describe it as “a frustrated response of an angry regime, which in the face of rising militant threat, is taking it out on the hapless Afghan refugees,”.

About 1.3 million Afghans are registered as refugees while another 880,000 have received the legal status to remain, according to the UN.