Pakistan PM: Afghan refugees ‘will not be forced to return’

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Pakistan PM: Afghan refugees ‘will not be forced to return’

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has assured the UN high commissioner for refugees that he will not pursue forced repatriation.

Almost three million registered and unregistered Afghans remain in Pakistan – which has one of the largest refugee populations in the world.

Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder reports from Peshawar.