The funding will also support UNHCR’s broader strategy to provide dignified returns and strengthen long-term stability in communities affected by.

The man was identified as Commander Ali Shah Alizada, a resident of Dara district in Panjshir.

Babaei said Iran’s Ministry of Interior had taken major steps over the past year to regulate the presence of foreign.

Both Iran and Pakistan have intensified expulsions of undocumented Afghans in recent months.

Iranian state media also reported a sharp increase in returns through the Dogharoon border in Khorasan Razavi.

At Spin Boldak in Kandahar province, 2,279 people from 424 families were registered.

“Those who have legal identity documents will certainly be registered,” Parsa said.

The closures are part of a government program to return more than 1.3 million Afghans holding Proof of Registration (PoR).