Over 20,000 Afghan Immigrants Returned From Pakistan & Iran, Says Taliban
The Taliban’s Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation announced that 16,700 immigrants living in Pakistan returned to Afghanistan on Tuesday, October 31, through Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings.
The ministry added that 3,608 other immigrants entered from Iran at the same time.
With the increase in the return of immigrants, Bilal Karimi, the Deputy Spokesperson of the Taliban, said that the group has moved its military vehicles to the border of Torkham to transport citizens.
Karimi said that the military vehicles include hundreds of big and small trucks that were moved to the Torkham crossing for transporting the immigrants.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health has announced the dispatch of medical teams in Torkham to provide medical services to the refugees.
The Pakistani government's one-month deadline to deport undocumented immigrants expired on Wednesday, November 1.
