Pakistan sets deadline for Western nations to relocate Afghan allies

FILE - Pakistani police officers, along with workers from the National Database and Registration Authority, check the identity cards of Afghan citizens during a search and verification drive for undocumented Afghan nationals, near Karachi, Pakistan, Nov. 21, 2023.

Pakistan has decided to deport thousands of Afghan nationals if Western countries, including the United States, do not relocate them as promised for resettlement abroad by the end of March, officials confirmed Monday.