India, Oct. 21 -- Suhail Afridi, the newly appointed Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has voiced his concern over the forced deportation of Afghan refugees from Paksitan.

As per media reports, 800,000 Afghan refugees have returned from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

"The repatriation process is being accelerated, but no refugee should be forcibly expelled. We will return them with dignity because they have spent many years here and deserve to be treated with respect," the CM was quoted as saying by Tolo News.

Muzzammil Aslam, Senior Advisor to the Chief Minister, told the news agency: "We made our position clear that the majority of the refugees are in our province, numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Your policy is a federal one and is ...