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Pakistan Expands Afghan Deportations Amid Rising Hunger Crisis
1/20/2026
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Story summary
- Islamabad intensified deportations of Afghans amid claims the Taliban harbors militants behind attacks in Pakistan, which Afghanistan denies.
- The World Food Programme (WFP) says 17 million Afghans face acute hunger due to cuts in international aid.
- Samiullah, an Afghan deportee, and his family struggle in makeshift shelters with little food.
- The WFP estimates 3 million more people are at risk of hunger.
- Malnutrition rates rise.
