Countries must resettle Afghans this month: Pakistan

Chaudhry indicated that Pakistan is unlikely to extend the April 30 deadline, which was previously communicated to host countries as the final date for the repatriation or resettlement of Afghan citizens.

The development is expected to heighten anxiety among Afghans who had fled the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021. 

Many of them had worked with US military forces, international organisations, aid agencies, media outlets or human rights groups and have since been living in Pakistan while awaiting processing for relocation to the United States or other countries.