In the four decades since he fled Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion, the man, Najmuddin Torjan, had been living illegally in Pakistan. He married there, had children and watched as they had children of their own. All the while, he felt the unease of making a life on borrowed land, seemingly on borrowed time. The Pakistani government abruptly declared that all foreign citizens living in the country without documents must leave by Nov. 1. Now I’m starting again from zero.”

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Persons: Najmuddin Torjan, “, ”, Torjan, I’m Locations: Afghanistan, Pakistan