Taliban has urged Pakistan to review its plans to expel Afghan immigrants after Pakistan launched a mass deportation of "illegal immigrants”. The Pakistan government issued an order of mass deportation of over one million illegal Afghan immigrants from the country.

Following Islamabad's decision, the Pakistani police has started detaining Afghan immigrants in several cities of Pakistan. Pakistan has warned all illegal Afghan immigrants in Pakistan, including 1.73 million individuals to leave the country or face deportation. Pakistan is home to more than 1.7 million people who have fled violence in neighboring Afghanistan.