An Afghan refugee woman living in Pakistan climbs a ladder onto a truck outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) repatriation centre, some 25 Km from Peshawar on October 25, 2023, as she returns with her family to Afghanistan following Pakistan's government decision to expel people illegally staying in the country. Hundreds of thousands of Afghans living illegally in Pakistan have been given until November 1 to leave voluntarily or face deportation, the interior minister said on October 3, a crackdown Kabul's embassy in Islamabad called “harassment”. (Photo by Abdul Majeed/AFP Photo)





An Afghan refugee family living in Pakistan arrives outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) repatriation center, some 25 Km from Peshawar on October 25, 2023, as they return to Afghanistan following Pakistan's government decision to expel people illegally staying in the country. (Photo by Abdul Majeed/AFP Photo)





Afghan refugees arrive in trucks to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham on October 27, 2023. Islamabad has given Afghans it has deemed to be living illegally in Pakistan until November 1 to leave voluntarily or face deportation – an order the Taliban government says amounts to harassment. The order comes as Pakistan grapples with a rise in attacks the government blames on militants operating from Afghanistan, a charge Kabul routinely denies. (Photo by Abdul Majeed/AFP Photo)





A Pakistani vendor prepares to load roasted corn onto carts in Lahore on October 27, 2023. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





Afghan refugees arrive in a truck at a holding centre as they prepare to depart for Afghanistan, in Landi Kotal on November 1, 2023. Hundreds of thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan faced the threat of detention and deportation on November 1, as a government deadline for them to leave sparked a mass exodus. (Photo by Farooq Naeem/AFP Photo)





Afghan refugees climb a truck as they prepare to depart for Afghanistan, at a holding centre in Landi Kotal on November 1, 2023. Hundreds of thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan faced the threat of detention and deportation on November 1, as a government deadline for them to leave sparked a mass exodus. (Photo by Farooq Naeem/AFP Photo)





Afghan refugees in Pakistan walk towards the Pakistan-Afghanistan Torkham border on November 3, 2023, following Pakistan's government decision to expel people illegally staying in the country. More than 165,000 Afghans have fled Pakistan since Islamabad issued an ultimatum to 1.7 million people a month ago to leave or face arrest and deportation, officials said on November 2. (Photo by Abdul Majeed/AFP Photo)





An Afghan girl carries her seven month-old sister Haleema, as her family returns home, after Pakistan gives last warning to undocumented immigrants to leave, outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) repatriation centres in Azakhel town in Nowshera, Pakistan on November 3, 2023. (Photo by Fayaz Aziz/Reuters)





In this photo taken on November 4, 2023, an Afghan refugee girl along with her belongings arrives at the Chaman border to depart for Afghanistan. More than 180,000 people have returned to Afghanistan since Islamabad ordered 1.7 million Afghans it says are living illegally in Pakistan to leave or face deportation, border officials have said. (Photo by Banaras Khan/AFP Photo)





A man paints a truck at his workshop in Lahore on November 6, 2023. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





Police officers arrive to conduct a search operation against illegal immigrants, at a neighbourhood of Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Pakistan government launched a crackdown on migrants living in the country illegally as a part of the new measure which mainly target all undocumented or unregistered foreigners. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





Corn sellers push their hand-carts as smog envelops the areas of Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, November 8, 2023. Residents of Lahore and adjacent areas are suffering from respiratory problems because of poor air quality related to thick smog hanging over the region. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





Police officers try to control immigrants, mostly Afghans, gather to verify their data at a counter of Pakistan's National Database and Registration Authority, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Pakistan government launched a crackdown on migrants living in the country illegally as a part of the new measure which mainly target all undocumented or unregistered foreigners. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





Afghan boys sit on a truck as they along with their family head back to Afghanistan from Pakistan, at the Friendship Gate of Chaman Border Crossing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border in Balochistan Province, in Chaman, Pakistan on November 8, 2023. (Photo by Naseer Ahmed/Reuters)





Vendors selling Gurr, or condensed sugarcane juice, wait for customers in Peshawar Pakistan, Saturday, November 11, 2023. (Photo by Muhammad Sajjad/AP Photo)





A Hindu woman hold clay-lamp during a ceremony to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, at Somi Narin temple in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, November 12, 2023. The Hindu festival of lights, Diwali celebrates the spiritual victory of light over darkness. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





Hindu women hold clay-lamp during a ceremony to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, at Somi Narin temple in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, November 12, 2023. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





A Hindu woman, left, attends a ceremony to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, at Somi Narin temple in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, November 12, 2023. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





Hindu women pray to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, at Somi Narin temple in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, November 12, 2023. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





A Hindu woman hold clay-lamp during a ceremony to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, at Krishna temple in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, November 12, 2023. The Hindu festival of lights, Diwali celebrates the spiritual victory of light over darkness. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)