Pakistan announced on Tuesday that all migrants who are in the country illegally must depart before Nov. 1. The order is seen as targeting the 1.7 million Afghans living in Pakistan. Many Afghans have lived in the country for generations and say they have nowhere else to go. The World’s Shirin Jaafari speaks with host Marco Werman about the latest.
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