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title: "Nearly 2.7 million Afghans returned from Pakistan since deportation drive began"
description: "Most outlets reported the number of Afghans returned to their country since the start of Pakistan's deportation drive, emphasizing the scale of the repatriation. Arab News Pakistan added context about the Punjab government's involvement and the nationwide nature of the drive, while Dunya News highlighted the policy basis for considering Afghans without valid visas as illegal immigrants."
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# Nearly 2.7 million Afghans returned from Pakistan since deportation drive began

pakistan · latest filing 10 Aug 2026, 6:25 AM PKT · 9–10 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported the number of Afghans returned to their country since the start of Pakistan's deportation drive, emphasizing the scale of the repatriation. Arab News Pakistan added context about the Punjab government's involvement and the nationwide nature of the drive, while Dunya News highlighted the policy basis for considering Afghans without valid visas as illegal immigrants.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Dunya News** — [Nearly 2.7m Afghans returned from Pakistan since deportation drive began](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/967144-nearly-27m-afghans-returned-from-pakistan-since-deportation-drive-beg) · 10 Aug 2026, 6:25 AM PKT
  > The department said all Afghan nationals without valid visas were considered to be staying illegally in Pakistan under the federal government’s policy.
- **Arab News Pakistan** — [Punjab says nearly 2.7 million Afghans returned from Pakistan since deportation drive began](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2653966/pakistan) · 9 Aug 2026, 1:08 PM PKT · 88% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD: Nearly 2.7 million Afghans have returned to their country since Pakistan launched a nationwide deportation drive against “illegal immigrants,” most of them Afghan nationals, in late 2023, the Punjab government said on Sunday, as authorities continue operations against undocumented foreign nationals. Pakistan launched the campaign after a sharp rise in militant violence, including sui...

## Part of a bigger story

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- [Nearly 2.7 Million Afghans Repatriated from Pakistan Since 2023](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2533-nearly-2-7m-afghans-repatriated-from-pakistan-since-2023) · 10 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 85% related
- [Punjab repatriates hundreds of Afghan nationals through Torkham border](https://harzaviya.com/stories/1320-over-139-902-illegal-afghan-nationals-repatriated) · 1 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 2 developments · 78% related

2 articles from 2 outlets, 9–10 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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