The UN attributes the increase in returns to Pakistan’s decision in October 2023 to deport undocumented refugees.

The unrest in Badakhshan has escalated following the Taliban's actions against poppy cultivation, coinciding with the opium harvest season.

The announcement was made on Thursday, though the specific date of the statement was not disclosed.

Taliban said the attack killed three of its members and wounded five others.

The bodies were transferred to a morgue for autopsies, and the injured were given medical attention at Gwadar Hospital.

As protests intensified, the question of how the administrative structure in Badakhshan operates has preoccupied many.

According to a statement from the Taliban's foreign ministry, the visit by Bachar Bong Abdullah, the committee's head, aims to.

His release was secured on the basis of a guarantee bill, according to the Afghanistan Journalist Center (AFJC).

An Iranian court had sentenced him to death for alleged involvement in drug trafficking.

The blast targeted a convoy of members of Taliban's counter-narcotics department in Badakhshan.