Canada Helped 145 Afghan Refugees Flee Overland to Pakistan

Passengers board a Qatar Airways aircraft at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 9, 2021. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images

OTTAWA—Canada has helped 145 Canadian−bound refugees flee Afghanistan overland to Pakistan.

A spokesman for Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says all 145 have Canadian visas and are now being processed in Pakistan and will be on their way to Canada within “days or weeks.”