Factbox-Pakistan's plan to expel over 1 million Afghans living in the country illegally

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KARACHI, Pakistan - Pakistan set a Nov. 1 deadline for all foreigners without legal documents, including more than a million Afghans, to leave the country or face forcible expulsion.

- Pakistan announced the Wednesday deadline on Oct. 3, giving more than a million people about four weeks to move. - Islamabad says Afghan nationals were found to be involved in attacks against government and the army, including 14 of this year's 24 suicide bombings. - About 600,000 Afghans have crossed into Pakistan since the Taliban took over in 2021, joining a large number present since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and the ensuing civil wars.

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