ISLAMABAD -- Kaleem Ullah, a 38-year-old Afghan man, was walking home with groceries for his family one night in October when he saw a policeman standing outside his small house in Karachi.

Pakistani and Afghan flags flutter at the Chaman Border Crossing as a truck carries refugees back to Afghanistan amid Pakistan's crackdown on undocumented immigrants. © Reuters
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