According to statistics provided by the Taliban's Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, between July 21 and July 26, at least 17,265 Afghans were deported from Iran and Pakistan.
The Taliban's Ministry of Refugees reported that over 10,000 Afghan migrants were expelled from Iran during this period.
The ministry noted that there are children and women among those who returned to Afghanistan.
The statements from the ministry indicate that Afghan migrants were returned through the Torkham, Spin Boldak, Pul-e-Abrisham, and Islam Qala border crossings.
The governments of Iran and Pakistan have recently intensified the deportation of undocumented Afghan migrants. According to statistics from the Taliban's Ministry of Refugees, over a thousand Afghans are deported daily from these two countries.
Many of the deported migrants have complained about the treatment they received from police officials during their expulsion. They reported that police in Iran and Pakistan mistreated them after their arrest.
Meanwhile, officials in Pakistan and Iran consistently state that they are handling Afghan migrants in accordance with international laws and consider the deportation of undocumented Afghans to be their legal right.
