Pakistan’s government announced a major crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, saying it would expel them starting November 1, and raising alarm among foreigners without documentation who include an estimated 1.7 million Afghans.

The campaign comes amid strained relations between Pakistan and neighboring, Taliban-led Afghanistan over what the Pakistani government says are attacks in Pakistan by Taliban-allied militants who go back and forth across the countries’ shared 2,611-kilometer (1,622-mile) border and who find shelter in Afghanistan.

Agencies/Aljazeera.