The Taliban’s High Commission for Migrant Affairs has announced that Pakistan expelled at least 2,990 Afghan migrants on Friday, 14th of Hamal. According to the report, these individuals were returned to Afghanistan through the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings, and the return process is still ongoing.
The Commission’s statement mentioned that on the same day, at least 169 returnees were transferred to various provinces of the country after arriving in Kabul, in order to reach their original places of residence.
Simultaneously, Pakistan has once again intensified the detention and expulsion of Afghan migrants, and new measures have been taken in this regard. Official sources from Pakistan have stated that pressures are increasing on migrants without legal documentation.
In this context, the Torkham border crossing, which had previously been closed to travelers due to rising tensions and border clashes between the Taliban and Pakistan, has now been partially reopened.
Reports indicate that this crossing had been completely closed for trade and transit since mid-September of the previous year due to escalating border disputes, halting economic activities along this route.
Pakistani officials have emphasized that the reopening of the Torkham crossing is a one-way process and is solely for the purpose of returning Afghan migrants to their country, not for regular travel.
Meanwhile, international organizations have repeatedly warned that the forced return of many Afghan migrants, especially women, journalists, former government officials, and military personnel, poses serious security risks in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
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