Hundreds of thousands of Afghan nationals are set to return to their home country as Pakistan is looking to deport 1.7 million undocumented foreigners.

Footage from November 1 shows thousands of migrants heading towards the Torkham border in Pakistan's Peshawar.

According to reports, Pakistan says 1.7 million people, most are Afghans, must leave by November 1 or face arrest.

Tensions between the countries flared due to an increase in cross-border attacks which Pakistan blames Afghanistan-based militants.

Thousands of Afghan refugees and migrants in Pakistan are heading to the border to return home a day before a government-imposed deadline to leave the country expires. Earlier this month, Pakistan’s interim interior minister, Sarfaraz Bugti, issued an October 31 deadline for all “illegal” refugees and migrants to leave, citing security concerns. The government says more than four million foreigners live in Pakistan, a vast majority of them Afghan nationals who sought refuge over the last four decades after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s.

Data shared by Khyber pukhtoon khwa govt .
Subject : Return of Foreign Migrants
So far (From October 6 to October 31, 2023)
IF repatriation

Total Families: 5680
Male: 28131
Female: 19880
Children: 56432
Total Members: 104443

These visuals are from Pakistan and Afghanistan Torkham Border in Peshawar