Media outlets operating under Taliban control reported that 841 migrant families were returned to Afghanistan on Wednesday.
The Taliban-controlled Bakhtar News Agency reported on Thursday, February 19, that 94 families entered through the Pul-e Abrasham crossing in Nimroz, 14 through Islam Qala in Herat, 78 through Spin Boldak in Kandahar, 653 through Torkham in Nangarhar, and two through Bahramcha in Helmand.
The United Nations says only 11 percent of returnees are employed.
Two days earlier, around 700 families had also returned to the country.
The United Nations says that 2.8 million Afghan migrants returned to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan in 2025.
Arafat Jamal, the International Organization for Migration’s representative in Afghanistan, said at a press conference on Friday, February 13, that 5.4 million people have returned to Afghanistan since October 2023, most of them from Pakistan and Iran.