Pakistan deported 700 Afghan families in four days

In four days, the Pakistani authorities deported 700 Afghan families through the Torkham checkpoint on the Afghan-Pakistani border. Tolo News reports on this on April 5.

"Over the past four days, Pakistan has deported about 700 Afghan families through the Torkham checkpoint. According to them, more than 250 families have been forcibly returned to Afghanistan through this crossing alone," the portal clarifies, citing officials from Nangarhar province in Afghanistan.

Some displaced persons reported that the Pakistani authorities had promised to postpone the issue of deportations until April 10. But despite this, active expulsion actions have already begun.

"There are many men among these people whose wives have stayed. Their business and money are still in Pakistan. In some cases, it was the women who crossed the border, while their husbands stayed on the other side. The situation has become extremely difficult for them through the crossing," said Azizullah Mustafa, Deputy Governor of Nangarhar.

Eastern excess: what the terrorists who hijacked the train in Pakistan demand

The Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the incident

On March 23, 16 terrorists were killed near the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The troops engaged in battle and thwarted an attempt to cross the border.

Seven people, including three soldiers of the Pakistan Border Guard Corps, were killed and 35 injured on March 16 as a result of an attack by militants of the Balochistan Liberation Army (an organization recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation) using an explosive device on a convoy of buses. It is noted that the soldiers immediately returned fire and eliminated three militants, not counting the suicide bomber.