In a statement, the commission said 21,881 people, or 3,475 families, crossed into western Herat Province through the Islam Qala.

The data reported by the Taliban-run Bakhtar News Agency shows that on the same day, 98 families were repatriated from.

“We’ve been in limbo for years,” said Shayeqa, who was deported alongside her family. “We paid rent in Iran. Now.

They argue that, nearly four years since the Taliban returned to power, the group has made no effort to gain.

Several recently deported Afghans interviewed at the border described chaotic and humiliating treatment. Some alleged that Iranian police tore up.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesman, said in a statement that Taliban authorities had investigated the case at the request of.

The blackout comes amid growing tensions in the remote northeastern district, where residents have staged demonstrations against the Taliban’s counternarcotics.