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‘Premature’ border closure leaves immigrants under open sky

by Umer Farooq in Dawn, November 7th, 2023PESHAWAR: A premature closure of Torkham border by the Afghan authorities on Sunday evening left scores of illegal immigrants, including women and children, under the open sky for several hours, compelling the Pakistani authorities to take the risk of shifting the families just before midnight to Peshawar instead of abandoning them at the border crossing. Officials at this side of the border said illegal immigrants were being processed…