Afghan repatriations suspended after frontier protection official injured at Torkham
PESHAWAR: Repatriation of undocumented Afghan nationals was abruptly suspended on Friday after a frontier protection official was injured in a late
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Afghan repatriations suspended after frontier protection official injured at Torkham
PESHAWAR: Repatriation of undocumented Afghan nationals was abruptly suspended on Friday after a frontier protection official was injured in a late evening cross-frontier assault from the Afghan side on Thursday.
The Torkham frontier crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan was reopened on Thursday for the return of stranded and illegal Afghan nationals, after having remained closed since February 26 with the launch of Protection action Ghazab lil-Haq.
However, protection representatives at Torkham stated local paramilitary forces went on high alert due to the injury of an FC official at the Awal Khan post near the frontier. The event took place around 9:30pm on Thursday evening.
Sources at Torkham and the Hamza Baba transit point stated that although the entire staff of the National Database and Registration Body (Nadra), the Federal Probe Bureau (FIA), National Logistics Corporation (NLC), police and other province departments was present at the transit point and Torkham, they were directed to immediately stop the registration of undocumented Afghans.
They stated that around 220 undocumented Afghans were registered on Thursday and later sent back to their country via the Torkham frontier.
Torkham protection representatives stated today that the Illegal Foreigners Repatriation (IFR) facilitation had been stopped at Torkham, and frontier protection military team were placed on high alert, due to the deteriorating protection condition at the frontier.
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