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Pakistan extends Afghan refugees stay for 2 months

Pakistan has decided to give Afghan refugees a two-month extension of their stay. The decision dispelled fears of an imminent large-scale repatriation to violence-hit Afghanistan.

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Kamran Yousaf

Press TV, Islamabad

Pakistan has decided to give Afghan refugees a two-month extension of their stay. The decision dispelled fears of an imminent large-scale repatriation to violence-hit Afghanistan. Pakistan is home to some 2.5 million Afghan refugees living there since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.

Press TV's Kamran Yousaf has this report.