The Afghan embassy in Islamabad says Pakistan wants to remove all Afghan refugees from the country and they face expulsion in the near future

Afghan refugees are facing arrests and harassment in Pakistan as part of a mass expulsion campaign, Kabul's embassy in Islamabad said on Wednesday, after the U.N.'s refugee agency said hundreds had been expelled from two cities.

Authorities have stepped up arrests of Afghan citizens in Pakistan's capital and a nearby city in an effort that the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad described on Wednesday as a push to force the expulsion of all Afghan refugees from the country.

FO spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan says millions of Afghans have been hosted "with dignity and respect" for decades.

The Afghan embassy said its nationals have been subjected to arrests, searches, and police orders to leave Islamabad and Rawalpindi for other parts of Pakistan

Afghan refugees in Pakistan are experiencing increasing arrests and harassment as Pakistan intensifies efforts to repatriate around four million Afghans. This mass expulsion effort, not officially announced,

Diplomats from Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban reported Wednesday that neighboring Pakistan is implementing a plan for the “imminent” and swift mass deportation of nearly three million Afghan refugees from its territory.