Pakistan confirms its expulsion of more than 80,000 Afghans since April 1 | Politics News

Rights groups have criticised the repatriation drive, warning that mass expulsions risk endangering vulnerable people.

Pakistan has confirmed to have repatriated more than 80,000 Afghan nationals since April 1, before an extended April 30 deadline for the country’s largest migrant group in an initiative labelled as “forced deportation” by Afghanistan.

Talal Chaudhry, Pakistan’s Interior Ministry adviser, told reporters in Islamabad on Friday that there would be no more extensions to…