The Afghan embassy in Islamabad says Pakistan wants to remove all Afghan refugees from the country and they face expulsion in the near future.

Afghan refugees are facing arrests and harassment in Pakistan as part of a mass expulsion campaign, Kabul's embassy in Islamabad said on Wednesday, after the U.N.'s refugee agency said hundreds had been expelled from two cities.

The embassy says Afghan nationals face forced relocations in Islamabad amid rising tensions between the neighbours.

FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail The Afghan authorities have expressed deep concern at the “harassment and mistreatment” of their citizens in Pakistan as Islamabad speeds up its crackdown on Afghan refugees and “illegal residents” living in Pakistan.

Diplomats from Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban reported Wednesday that neighboring Pakistan is implementing a plan for the “imminent” and swift mass deportation of nearly three million Afghan refugees from its territory.