KABUL: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Saturday arrived in Kabul for a day-long visit, at the invitation of Acting Afghan Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi.
He was welcomed at the airport by the dignitaries of Afghan government, including Minister for Finance and Administration MoFA Dr.Mohammad Naeem Wardag, DG MoFA Mufti Noor Ahmad, Chief of State Protocol Faisal Jalali.
During the day-long visit, he will call on the Afghan Acting Prime Minister Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund; meet Afghan Acting Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar; and hold delegation-level talks with Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, according to a Foreign Office press release.
The talks will cover an entire gamut of Pak-Afghan relationship, focusing on ways and means to deepen cooperation in all areas of mutual interests, including security, trade, connectivity, and people-to-people ties.
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A day earlier, Pakistan imposed a comprehensive ban on providing accommodation, employment, renting properties for business purposes, and hotel stays to Afghan nationals residing illegally in the country, ARY News reported on Friday.
Speaking at a media briefing in Islamabad, Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry warned that strict action would be taken against individuals or entities found assisting undocumented Afghan immigrants.
“There will be no extension of stay for Afghan immigrants without a valid passport and visa,” he asserted. “There is now zero tolerance for undocumented Afghan nationals.”
Sharing deportation figures, Chaudhry revealed that since April 1, 2025, a total of 84,869 Afghan citizens have been deported. Among them, 25,320 Afghan Citizen Cards (ACC) holders, while the remaining 59,549 had no official documentation.
He added that since the beginning of the one-document policy, a total of 907,351 Afghan nationals have been repatriated.
The minister noted that Afghan immigrants awaiting repatriation are being housed at transit points where they are provided with medical care, shelter, transport, and security.
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