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Over 29,000 fleeing Pakistanis still in Afghanistan
[DAWN] The Foreign Office said on Thursday that thousands of Paks, who fled North  Wazoo because of Operation Zarb-e-Azb..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)... , could still be in Afghanistan. Speaking at the weekly media briefing, FO Spokesperson Tasneem Aslam for the first time shared the official figure of those who had migrated to Afghanistan after the start of the military operation in North Waziristan in mid-June. "The verified figure we have of Paks who crossed the international border and went to Afghanistan after the onset of Waziristan Operation is 67,120," she said, adding that close to 38,000 had returned shortly afterwards. Posted by: Fred 2014-10-31 |
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