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Pakistan to deport all Afghans from tribal region
AP via Yhaoo ^ | Oct 7, 2008 | By HABIB KHAN

Posted on 10/06/2008 6:55:43 PM PDT by Islander7

KHAR, Pakistan - Pakistan ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees in an insurgency-wracked tribal region amid a major military offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban fighters.

The government said it was expelling all Afghan refugees in the Bajur tribal region, alleging many of them have links to militant groups. Police in the town of Khar in Bajur arrested 25 Afghans and said they would soon be deported.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanstan; fata; nwfp; pakistan; waziristan; wot
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1 posted on 10/06/2008 6:55:44 PM PDT by Islander7
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To: Islander7

Well, if they have the wherewithall to deport 50,000 Afghanis, why not 50,000 Taliban/terrorists instead?


2 posted on 10/06/2008 6:58:59 PM PDT by MCH
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To: Islander7

Including Omar?


3 posted on 10/06/2008 7:00:33 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: MCH

That might be exactly what they’re doing.


4 posted on 10/06/2008 7:00:42 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Paying taxes for bank bailouts is apparently the patriotic thing to do. [/sarc])
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To: Islander7

I’ll believe it when I see it. Out the front door...and back in the back door.


5 posted on 10/06/2008 7:02:04 PM PDT by tsmith130
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To: Islander7

They might also want to work on the Chechens and Uzbeks.


6 posted on 10/06/2008 7:07:49 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Islander7

depending upon which ethnic groups they are,

they may not be welcome where they land in afghanistan.


7 posted on 10/06/2008 7:11:01 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: Islander7

As a life long skeptic … I will believe it when I see it.


8 posted on 10/06/2008 7:12:01 PM PDT by doc1019 (Obama IS running against Palin)
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To: Islander7

they’re just doing work that Pakistanis won’t do


9 posted on 10/06/2008 7:22:55 PM PDT by grandpa jones (Responding To The Epic Threat)
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To: MCH

Hey, you reckon we could hire the Paki’s to come over here to arrest and deport some of our illegals?


10 posted on 10/06/2008 7:35:13 PM PDT by biff
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To: Islander7

where are they gonna send them?


11 posted on 10/06/2008 8:01:01 PM PDT by antioscar
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