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Pakistan will begin a renewed push todeport Afghan migrants from the country next month, officials said Tuesday, as border tensions between the two countries escalate. More than 500,000 Afghans fled Pakistan after Islamabad set a November deadline for undocumented migrants to leave or face arrest, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in January. Pakistan defended the crackdown by pointing to security concerns and pressure on its struggling economy, but analysts said it was designed to pressure the Taliban government over militancy along its border. “The military establishmen…

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