KABUL, Afghanistan — Twenty-eight Afghan nationals were released from prisons in Pakistan and returned to the country on Saturday, the Taliban-run Ministry of Refugees said on Sunday.
The ministry said the individuals had spent up to five days in detention before being repatriated. They were reportedly arrested by Pakistani police in various parts of the country.
According to data reviewed by Amu TV from figures provided by the ministry, a total of 624 Afghan citizens have been released from Pakistani jails and returned home over the past six days, including the most recent group.
The detentions come amid the second phase of Pakistan’s mass deportation campaign targeting undocumented Afghan migrants. Authorities in Pakistan have intensified arrests in recent days, rounding up hundreds of Afghan nationals from cities across the country and transferring many to the Torkham border crossing for deportation.
The campaign has drawn criticism from human rights groups and added pressure to already strained humanitarian conditions in Afghanistan, where hundreds of thousands of returnees have faced limited access to services and shelter.
