Kabul, Dec 13: Over 10,000 Afghan refugees were forcibly deported from Iran and Pakistan in the last two days, an Afghan official said on Saturday.
Sharing a report from the High Commission for Addressing Migrants’ Issues on X, Deputy spokesperson for the Afghan government, Hamdullah Fitrat, stated 1,939 families, comprising 10,043 individuals, returned to Afghanistan on Thursday and Friday.
According to the report, the refugees returned to Afghanistan through major border crossings, including Islam Qala in Herat, Pul-i-Abresham in Nimroz, Spin Boldak in Kandahar, Bahramcha in Helmand and Torkham in Nangarhar.
Fitrat said that 1,464 refugee families comprising 8,140 individuals were relocated to their respective regions, while 1,279 families were provided humanitarian assistance, Pajhwok Afghan News reported
He noted that telecommunication companies handed out a total of 1,626 SIM cards to the returnees.
He also stated that last Wednesday, Pakistani and Iranian authorities forcibly repatriated 2,300 Afghan refugees. (IANS)
