Death Toll Due To Floods Reaches 40 In Nangarhar Province

According to the ministry's statement, 8,377 people have returned from Iran and 1,353 people have returned from Pakistan.

The statement added that the migrants returning from Iran entered the country through the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat and the Pul-e-Abrisham border crossing in Nimruz.

The migrants coming from Pakistan mostly returned through the Spin Boldak and Torkham border crossings.

It added that these migrants have been referred to UN-affiliated organisations for assistance.

Following the Taliban's takeover of power in 2021, Iran and Pakistan began expelling migrants and have intensified the deportation process in recent months.

The Taliban use the return of these migrants for propaganda purposes, linking it to increased confidence in the security conditions for returning to the country.

According to the IRIB, these trucks have been stuck within Afghanistan's borders since the past 23 days and are facing numerous problems.

The media outlet did not provide an explanation for the "rejection of the cargo by the other side”.

Taliban sources have not yet publicly commented on this news, but previously they had reported returning some Iranian goods, including petroleum products.

The reports from Iranian media do not clarify what the trucks' cargo contained.

Achakzai was arrested by the Taliban last year and later released through the mediation of tribal elders. He had previously served in the logistics section of the Border Forces Brigade in Spin Boldak district.

So far, no details are available about the motive behind this murder or the perpetrators of this incident.

Mohammad Sangin Achakzai, the victim’s brother, was also the former commander of the 03 National Police Unit in the previous government.

Rangin Achakzai had close relations with General Abdul Raziq Achakzai’s family, the former chief of police in Kandahar. Abdul Khaliq, General Raziq's brother, expressed regret over his death and said that Rangin Achakzai was "killed by a ruthless enemy”.

General Abdul Raziq Achakzai was a prominent commander and a staunch opponent of the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. He was killed on October 18, 2018, in a shooting by the former Kandahar governor's bodyguard, who was a Taliban infiltrator.

After the fall of the previous government, dozens of soldiers and individuals close to General Raziq's family in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar were killed by the Taliban, and some of them are still being held in Taliban private prisons.

Sources told Afghanistan International that under the pretext of ensuring security, Taliban fighters have also blocked all roads in western Kabul.

The sources stated that the telecommunication networks in Kabul were cut off on Tuesday morning.

Afghanistan International's sources indicated that the Taliban, in addition to cutting communication networks, have prohibited residents of western Kabul from moving around the Shia neighbourhoods.

According to the sources, there is a significant presence of Taliban fighters in western Kabul.

In previous years, the Taliban had also cut off telecommunication networks in several Afghan cities on the occasion of Ashura.

The Taliban have not officially commented on the shutdown of telecommunication networks and the internet in Afghanistan.

The ministry stated that since the implementation of the plan to deport Afghan migrants began, more than 653,000 Afghans have been repatriated to their country.

Pakistani media reported that from July 3 to July 15, 7,126 men, 4,926 women, and 3,675 Afghan children have been deported from Pakistan.

According to the media reports, these migrants were returned to Afghanistan using 510 vehicles.

The programme to deport Afghan migrants from Pakistan started in October 2023.

Recently, Pakistan extended the validity of Afghan Proof of Registration (PoR) cards for one year, but the deportation of migrants without residence documents continues.