Pakistan to deport all Afghans from tribal region

Pakistani demonstrators shouts slogans as they burn a U.S. flag during a protest rally in Multan, Pakistan, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Pakistan insisted Monday it has not made a deal allowing the U.S. to fire missiles at militant hide-outs in Pakistani territory after The Wall Street Journal quoted President Asif Ali Zardari as suggesting otherwise. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer) By HABIB KHAN Associated Press Writer KHAR, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees in an insurgency-wracked tribal region amid a major military offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban fighters. The government said it was expelling all Afghan refugees in the Bajur tribal region, alleging many of them have links to militant groups. Police in the town of Khar in Bajur arrested 25 Afghans and said they would soon be... [read full story]