Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "This article is about Afghan immigrants in Pakistan. Not to be confused with the Pashtuns of Pakistan.Afghans in Pakistan (Urdu: افغان مُہاجر, Muhajir Afghans) are refugees who have fled wars in Afghanistan. It also includes smaller number of asylum seekers waiting to be settled in Western countries, as well as Afghan diplomats, traders, businesspersons, workers, exchanged students, tourists and other visitors. The first wave of Afghan migration into Pakistan began during the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan. As of December 2012, approximately 1.7 million Afghan nationals were reported to be living in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and northwestern Balochistan, which sit next to Afghanistan. Most of these refugees were born and raised in Pakistan in the previous 30 years but are still counted as citizens of Afghanistan. They are under the protection and care of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and provided legal status by the Government of Pakistan to remain in the country indefinitely.The overwhelming majority of Afghans in Pakistan are ethnic Pashtun tribes who are known to live and work on both sides of the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, but there are also significant numbers of Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks, Baloch, Turkmen and other ethnic groups of Afghanistan. Over the years governmental control on refugees has resulted in numerous returnees. As of March 2012, Pakistan has banned extension of visas to all foreigners, including Afghans."@en }
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- Afghans_in_Pakistan abstract "This article is about Afghan immigrants in Pakistan. Not to be confused with the Pashtuns of Pakistan.Afghans in Pakistan (Urdu: افغان مُہاجر, Muhajir Afghans) are refugees who have fled wars in Afghanistan. It also includes smaller number of asylum seekers waiting to be settled in Western countries, as well as Afghan diplomats, traders, businesspersons, workers, exchanged students, tourists and other visitors. The first wave of Afghan migration into Pakistan began during the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan. As of December 2012, approximately 1.7 million Afghan nationals were reported to be living in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and northwestern Balochistan, which sit next to Afghanistan. Most of these refugees were born and raised in Pakistan in the previous 30 years but are still counted as citizens of Afghanistan. They are under the protection and care of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and provided legal status by the Government of Pakistan to remain in the country indefinitely.The overwhelming majority of Afghans in Pakistan are ethnic Pashtun tribes who are known to live and work on both sides of the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, but there are also significant numbers of Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks, Baloch, Turkmen and other ethnic groups of Afghanistan. Over the years governmental control on refugees has resulted in numerous returnees. As of March 2012, Pakistan has banned extension of visas to all foreigners, including Afghans.".