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Hundreds of Afghans cross the border in Torkham after fleeing Pakistan, as a government deadline for them to leave sparked a mass exodus. IMAGES
Thousands of Afghans are stranded at the border with Pakistan, after a Pakistani government deadline for them to leave sparked a mass exodus. Islamabad has given 1.7 million Afghans it says are living illegally in the country until November 1 to leave voluntarily or be forcibly removed. IMAGES
Chaman, Aug 27 (EFE/EPA).- The United Nations refugee agency Friday urged Pakistan to open its borders for refugees fleeing Taliban rule in Afghanistan.“We call upon the government to open its border for vulnerable Afghans whose life is at risk in Afghanistan,” the UNHCR spokesperson Qaiser Khan Afridi told EFE.Afridi said that the Pakistan government was not allowing Afghans to enter the country without a visa. (Camera: STRINGER).SHOT LIST: AFGHAN PEOPLE WAIT TO CROSS THE BORDER AT CHAMAN BORDER POINT, IN PAKISTAN.
Images show Pakistani forces on the Spin Boldak-Chaman border crossing with Afghanistan, where Afghan forces are clashing with Taliban fighters in an operation to retake the key border crossing. The insurgents are tightening their grip in the north and battling for the stronghold of an infamous warlord. IMAGES on the Pakistani side of the border
A Taliban flag is seen at the closed Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman, Pakistan, as the insurgents said they had captured the strategic border crossing of Spin Boldak on the frontier with Pakistan, continuing sweeping gains made since foreign forces stepped up their withdrawal from Afghanistan. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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