Pakistan deports Afghans with UNHCR papers

This screen grab from mobile phone video shot on Jan. 5, 2025, by Zalmay Atiq shows Pakistani police officers loading Afghan nationals into a van to be taken to a police station in Islamabad for document verification. This screen grab from mobile phone video shot on Jan. 5, 2025, by Zalmay Atiq shows Enayatullah Omid, center, in the back of a police van with other Afghan nationals before being taken to a police station in Islamabad for document verification.

As part of its drive to expel Afghan citizens from the nation’s capital, Pakistan has deported dozens bearing UNHCR-issued documents, the agency told VOA Thursday.