FILE PHOTO: Afghan women in burqa stand with a truck loaded with belongings as they return home, after Pakistan gives last warning to undocumented immigrants to leave, outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) repatriation centre in Azakhel town in Nowshera, Pakistan November 3, 2023. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz/File Photo
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghan refugees are facing arrests and harassment in Pakistan as part of a mass expulsion campaign, Kabul's embassy in Islamabad said on Wednesday, after the U.N.'s refugee agency said hundreds had been expelled from two cities.
Pakistan is in the midst of a huge drive to repatriate the roughly four million Afghans who crossed the border during 40 years of armed conflict in their home country and after the Taliban seized power in 2021.
