<p>PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has asked more than 2,700 Afghan families living in urban parts of Mansehra district to return to their country voluntarily before July 1.</p>
<p>If the Afghan families dialed to meet the deadline, they would be expelled forcibly, the Afghan Refugees’ Department warned on Monday.</p>
<p>Abdullah Khan, administrator of the department, told journalists: “We have given the June 30 deadline for repatriation to over 2,700 Afghan families settled in urban areas of the district.”</p>
<p>If they did not comply with the orders, the government would have no option but to send them to their country by force, he said.</p>
<p>Each family voluntarily leaving for their country would be paid $200.</p>
<p>The department is also relocating over 1,050 Afghan families from two camps to keep them away from projects being executed under the China-<a href="/en/pakistan" class="glossify-link">Pakistan</a> Economic Corridor.</p>
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