RASC News Agency: Local authorities in Kandahar province have confirmed that 265 Afghanistani migrant families were repatriated to Afghanistan on Monday via the Spin Boldak border crossing. The total number of individuals within these families has reached 1,384. Simultaneously, 397 Afghanistani nationals who had been imprisoned across the border were released and transferred back to Afghanistan. According to returning families, they have come back with nothing but the clothes on their backs, lacking access to even the most fundamental necessities. Many are now grappling with the absence of shelter, potable water, healthcare services, and educational opportunities. The situation has left them in a state of deep uncertainty and economic vulnerability.
Parents, in particular, have expressed profound anxiety over the future of their children. They report that many children have been deprived of formal education and now face a bleak and uncertain future, devoid of structure or prospects. Families are urgently appealing to both national institutions and international humanitarian organizations for immediate assistance particularly in the areas of housing, schooling, and the restoration of a dignified standard of living. This surge in forced returns comes amid a recent diplomatic visit by Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar, to Kabul, where he met with senior Taliban officials, including the acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. Despite these high-level engagements, there has been no discernible change in Pakistan’s policy of expelling Afghanistani migrants.
Spin Boldak remains one of the most critical border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan. It has become a major conduit for the daily influx of returning Afghanistani nationals, most of whom arrive under dire and deteriorating conditions.
