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Over 825,600 Afghans have returned since 15 Sep. 2023 as a consequence of the Government of Pakistan’s "Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan." In January 2025, some 18,300 individuals returned to Afghanistan, out of which some 1,000 were deported. An uptick in arrests of Afghan nationals in the Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi has caused significant distress, with reports of Afghan nationals of various documentation statuses being rounded up. Out of the 1,000 more than 800 Afghan nationals, among them women and children, have been deported from Islamabad and Rawalpindi alone. During the same reporting period, some 1,245 Afghans were arrested or detained. This is more than double compared to arrest/detention cases recorded in January 2024. Looking at 2024 trends, there is a rise in deportations since the last quarter