As deportations by Iran and Pakistan continue, 124 migrant families were repatriated to Afghanistan on Saturday, August 3, according to the Taliban-run refugees ministry.
Quoted by Taliban-run state broadcaster, BNA, the ministry reported 34 families returned from Pakistan via the Spin Boldak crossing, and another 40 families returned through the Torkham crossing.
Additionally, 18 families entered Afghanistan via the Abrishom crossing, and 32 families entered through the Islam Qala border in Herat.
This development follows widespread complaints from Afghan migrants in Iran about mistreatment by Iranian police and citizens. Pakistan has also intensified efforts to deport undocumented Afghan migrants. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recently reported that over 50 percent of the returnees from Pakistan last week were female.
