What’s behind Pakistan’s mass deportation of Afghans?

With the passing of different authorities deadline for undocumented Afghans to leave, Pakistan has launched a caller crackdown connected thousands inactive surviving successful the country.

In effect to criticism, authorities accidental they are enforcing migration laws and mention nationalist information concerns.

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Hundreds of thousands of Afghans person returned to a state they fled. The UN says they see undocumented migrants, refugees and Afghan national paper holders.

The run has coincided with rising governmental tensions betwixt Islamabad and Kabul.

But is authorities progressive successful the rising hostility betwixt the neighbours? And however is Kabul dealing with the influx of returnees?

Presenter: Scott McLean

Guests:

Obaidullah Baheer – Adjunct lecturer astatine the American University of Afghanistan

Kamran Bokhari – Senior chap with the Middle East Policy Council successful Washington, DC

Zahid Mahmood – Pakistani defence expert and erstwhile elder serviceman of the Pakistan Army