Pakistani nationals queue up at Attari-Wagah border as they leave India amid Pahalgam fallout

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Beginning April 24, 537 Pakistani nationals, among them nine diplomats and officials, crossed the Attari-Wagah border and left India.

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A total of 850 Indians, including 14 diplomats and officials, have returned from Pakistan through the international border crossing located in Punjab in the last four days.

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The 'Leave India' notice to the Pakistani nationals was issued by the government after 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed by Pakistan-linked terrorists in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22.

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Subsequently, long queues of vehicles formed at the Attari border in Amritsar district as Pakistani nationals rushed to return home.

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The pain of separation was written on the faces of many Indians who came to bid farewell to their relatives.

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Ramsha, an Indian passport holder, reached the Attari-Wagah border checkpost near Amritsar with her children, who are Pakistani nationals.

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Pakistani nationals arrive to cross over to their country at the Attari-Wagah border near Amritsar.

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BSF personnel check documents of Pakistani nationals who arrived to cross over to their country at the Attari-Wagah border near Amritsar.

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Pakistani nationals at the Attari-Wagah border near Amritsar.

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