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74 Afghan prisoners released from Karachi jail
Pakistan has released 74 more Afghans from a prison in Karachi and handed them over to staff from the Afghan embassy.
Afghanistan’ consulate general in Pakistan, Mawlavi Syed Abdul Jabbar Takhri confirmed the release of prisoners and said in a tweet that they were being repatriated.
This comes just days after another batch of prisoners were released from the Karachi prison and sent home to Afghanistan.
On Saturday, Takhri said 137 Afghan nationals had been released and that they would be sent home.
This comes amid an ongoing clampdown against foreign nationals by Pakistan and over the past months, hundreds of undocumented Afghan nationals including women and children have been arrested in the country.