US Afghan deportation plan routes nearly 200 via Pakistan

US court filings say a charter for nearly 200 Afghans was due to land in Pakistan on 3 November before an overland transfer to Afghanistan.

The US plans to send nearly 200 Afghan nationals to Pakistan, then move them overland into Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

An ICE officer’s 30 October declaration said a charter flight set for 3 November would land in Pakistan, not Afghanistan.

Said Mansor Sadat was taken off the flight list and released after a judge found his detention breached due process.

It remains unclear whether Pakistan has agreed to accept the deportees or who would oversee the land transfer.

US judges in Texas and Louisiana have also heard emergency bids by other Afghans named for possible early-November removal.

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