More than 200,000 Afghans have left Pakistan since April
Undocumented Afghan DPs: deportation deadline extended
More than 135,000 Afghans left Pakistan in April, while 67,000 departed in May and more than 3,000 were sent back in the first two days of June, according to the ministry.
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