Expelled Afghans seek swift return to Pakistan

Pakistan says it has expelled more than a million Afghans in the past two years, yet many have attempted to return - preferring to take their chances dodging the law than struggle for existence in a homeland some had never even seen before.

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Peshawar - Pakistan says it has expelled more than a million Afghans in the past two years, yet many have attempted to return - preferring to take their chances dodging the law than struggle for existence in a homeland some had never even seen before.

"Going back there would be sentencing my family to death," said Hayatullah, a 46-year-old Afghan deported via the Torkham border crossing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province early last year.

Since April and a renewed deportation drive, some 200,000 Afghans have spilled over the two main border crossings from Pakistan, entering on trucks loaded with belongings.