Afghan Amb to Tajikistan Reacts To Arson of His Panjshir Home in Taliban’s Possession

He said that these refugees were living illegally and have been deported and handed over to the Taliban through the Dowqarun border.

Quoting this border guard commander, IRNA News Agency reported, “In the past two weeks, border guards of Taybad regiment deported and handed over these Afghan refugees who have been living illegally or who had been arrested while trying to enter the country illegally, to the Taliban through the Dowqarun border”.

With the takeover of power by the Taliban in August 2021, a significant number of Afghans migrated to neighbouring countries, including Iran. However, the Iranian government has arrested many of them and deported them to Afghanistan. In May, 12,500 Afghan refugees had also been deported.

On Monday, Momeni added that Afghanistan ranks top in drug production and second in industrial drugs production in the world.

Momeni said that despite the promises of the Taliban to counter narcotics, the cultivation and production of drugs have increased in Afghanistan.

He added, "The Islamic Republic of Iran has the highest rank of countering drug smuggling in the world. According to official statistics, Iran discovers 90% of opium, 50% of morphine, and 27% of heroin discoveries in the world.”

Momeni also announced a tenfold increase in the elimination of the economic foundations of drug traffickers in Iran.

These statements were made by the Secretary General of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters during a meeting that was held on Monday in the presence of directors and secretaries of the Drugs Control Coordination Council of Iran.

The women’s rights group in a statement said that the Taliban has deep ties with terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda and ISIS.

The Afghan women movement on Sunday added that the Taliban has taken Afghan people hostage and emphasised that the group has the same thoughts, and behaviour as during their first rule in Afghanistan in the 1990s.

The Women’s Movement for Peace and Freedom consists of female activists who stand against the Taliban by holding protests and taking public stances.

The women’s rights movement has welcomed the report of the UN Security Council's monitoring committee about the Taliban.

According to the new report, the relationship between the Taliban and the Al-Qaeda and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) remains strong and the threat of terrorism in Afghanistan and the region has been increasing.

The Taliban has rejected the UN report as biased.

However, the Women's Movement for Peace and Freedom emphasised that along with the group’s ties to terrorist networks, the Taliban has increased forced and underage marriages, spread violence, and has taken millions of men and women hostage in Afghanistan.

The movement has also stressed that the Taliban has been suppressing religious minorities like in the 1990s.

The Women's Movement for Peace and Freedom has accused the Taliban of committing "war crimes" by referring to the reports of international organisations, including Amnesty International.

Expressing concern over the continuation of the humanitarian, security, and economic crisis in Afghanistan, the movement has urged the United Nations and the international community to take immediate action and, among other things, impose more sanctions against the Taliban.

The crying children and panicked adults could be heard in the video clip.

The person who is heard in the video clip speaks in Persian and said that the boat is on the verge of sinking and the children are in poor health condition.

The nationality of these asylum seekers is not clearly known, but it seems that they are Afghans.

This video has been viral on social media for the last two days, but there is no information as to whether anyone has rushed to rescue these stranded asylum seekers.

The exact location of the recording of the video clip is not known, but it has been said that this video was recorded in Greek waters.

Afghan refugees, who seek asylum in Europe, usually migrate through Turkey and Greece and take dangerous routes towards European destinations.

However, he urged Iranian officials to utilise soft and hard power along with diplomatic efforts.

He explained, "Nearly five to six million Afghans live in our country as refugees. We also have fuel supply deals. If necessary, we must use the tools we have at hand.”

The member of the Iran Chamber of Commerce stressed that Iran has enough tools to pressurise the Taliban.

Following the escalation of tensions between Iran and the Taliban over Tehran’s water rights claims, the Taliban announced that there was not enough water in the Kamal Khan Dam.

The Islamic Republic, however, did not accept this claim of the Taliban and emphasised that Iranian experts should confirm the lack of water.

However, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stankzai, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Taliban, previously told Afghanistan International that the group will not allow the officials of the Islamic Republic to visit the Kajaki Dam.

However, the head of sustainable development of the Iran Chamber of Commerce believes that the Taliban will have to allow the Iranian delegation to visit the dam to assess the group’s claims of lack of water inside Afghanistan.