Pakistan has intensified a crackdown on illegal migrants, deporting around 1,100 Afghans via the Torkham crossing over the past 24 hours, officials say.
So far only a few Afghan families have returned to the country from Pakistan, the Refugee and Repatriation Department in eastern Nangarhar province has assured full preparations to handle possible influx of refugees.
UN experts, including Richard Bennett, have urged Pakistan not to proceed with plans to forcibly expel Afghans from Islamabad and Rawalpindi and avoid deporting them to Afghanistan.