Afghanistan slams Pakistan, says expelling refugees move 'unilateral'

ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan slammed Pakistan for the treatment meted out to its nationals, saying the decision to

expel refugees

was "unilateral" as it was taken by Islamabad without consulting Kabul. In an audio clip shared on social media, Afghanistan's interim defence minister,

Mullah Muhammad Yaqub Mujahid

, criticised Pakistan's caretaker government, headed by a military-sponsored PM of Pashtun-origin,

Anwaarul Haq Kakar

, for failing to consider the consequences of its action expelling refugees.

Pakistan said it opened more border centres on Friday to expedite the return of tens of thousands of undocumented Afghan nationals, ignoring calls by refugee groups to reconsider the mass expulsion.