Kabul, Afghanistan – More than 2,400 Afghan migrants were returned from Pakistan and Iran to Afghanistan in a single day, according to the Taliban’s Commission for the Resolution of Migrants’ Problems.
In a statement, the commission said that on Saturday (January 10), 2,487 migrants were deported and sent back to Afghanistan.
Of them, 2,459 people were returned from Pakistan and 28 from Iran, the statement said.
The commission added that the deported migrants entered Afghanistan through the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings with Pakistan, and through Islam Qala and Pul-e-Abrisham crossings on the border with Iran.
Pakistan and Iran have significantly intensified the deportation of Afghan migrants this year, expelling more than 2.5 million people in total.
International humanitarian agencies have repeatedly criticized the deportations and called on both countries to halt the forced returns.
Aid organizations have also warned that the rapid and large-scale return of migrants has worsened Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis, urging the international community to take urgent action.