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Pakistan orders 1,000 Afghan students to leave by 2026

By Drooid · Sep 11, 2026, 11:35 AM UTC · How we work

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Pakistan Council Expels Afghans

Pakistan's Medical and Dental Council ordered about 1,000 Afghan medical and dental students to leave by Sept. 1, 2026.
King Edward Medical University in Lahore told 20 Afghan students, including four women, to report within 24 hours.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International called the order discriminatory and warned it could end Afghan women's education.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid called the directive inhumane and urged Pakistan to reconsider.

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Pakistan Accuses Taliban

Pakistan accuses the Taliban-run Afghan government of harboring Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan fighters, linking the claim to the student expulsion.
Dozens of border clashes and Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul and Kandahar have kept the frontier largely closed for a year.
The closure has disrupted bilateral trade and limited movement of people between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Islamabad demands stronger Taliban action against TTP and guarantees Afghan soil will not host attacks on Pakistan.

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Zadran Criticizes Expulsions

Khalid Zadran, Kabul police spokesperson, posted on X that Pakistan’s student expulsions are retaliatory and cruel.
He noted the expelled Afghans are final-year students, jeopardizing years of academic effort.
Zadran warned the expulsions could inflame anti-Pakistani sentiment among Afghan youth.
He argued the policy harms Pakistan’s credibility amid rising diplomatic tensions with Kabul.
The police command’s criticism adds a security-agency perspective to the broader humanitarian outcry.

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Pakistan Council Expels Afghans

Pakistan's Medical and Dental Council ordered about 1,000 Afghan medical and dental students to leave by Sept. 1, 2026.
King Edward Medical University in Lahore told 20 Afghan students, including four women, to report within 24 hours.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International called the order discriminatory and warned it could end Afghan women's education.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid called the directive inhumane and urged Pakistan to reconsider.

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