US plans to deport over 150 Afghans, NYT reports

President Donald Trump's administration plans to deport more than 150 Afghan immigrants back to Afghanistan via Pakistan, The New York Times reported, citing three unnamed US officials.

The newspaper reported that the first flight could leave as soon as November 2. The officials told the Times that, because the United States cannot arrange deportations directly to Afghanistan, Pakistan would oversee the immigrants' expulsion to Afghanistan.

AfghanEvac, a group that helps former Afghan allies, said relatives of Afghans who assisted the US military before the Taliban takeover in 2021 were among those expected to be deported.

AfghanEvac President Shawn VanDiver said some of the migrants facing removal “are the brothers and sons of men who served alongside U.S. forces” and that the Taliban had reason to target them.

The US Department of Homeland Security did not respond to AFP questions. Taliban authorities were not immediately available for comment.

Trump issued travel bans in 2025 for several countries, including Afghanistan, as part of a broader immigration crackdown, and sought to end deportation protections for Afghans. Some Afghans had been granted special immigrant visas after the Taliban returned to power in August 2021.

Pakistan's government earlier this year ordered law enforcement nationwide to arrest Afghan citizens without visas as part of a repatriation policy that has pushed back millions of Afghans who fled after the Taliban returned to power.

Taliban authorities announced a general amnesty after regaining power, but the United Nations has recorded reports of extrajudicial killings, detentions and abuses.