RASC News Agency: In a recent report, the Bakhtar News Agency, operating under the Taliban, revealed that 310 families of Afghanistani migrants were expelled from Iran and Pakistan on Tuesday, October 8, both forcibly and voluntarily. The report indicates that these migrants returned to Afghanistan via border crossings in Nangarhar, Kandahar, Nimroz, and Herat provinces. According to the Taliban-controlled news agency, 35 families returned through the Torkham border, while 38 families crossed via Spin Boldak. Additionally, 98 families entered Afghanistan through the Pul-e-Abreshim border, and 139 others arrived via the Islam Qala border.
Research findings suggest that discrimination, injustice, ethnic bias, poverty, unemployment, and fear of retribution from the Taliban have compelled many to seek refuge in other countries. The Taliban regained power three years ago after the United States facilitated the transfer of authority to the government of Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai. Since then, the Taliban have systematically purged all non-Taliban individuals from Afghanistani institutions, establishing a requirement that being “Taliban or of Taliban descent” is necessary for employment in both significant and routine governmental positions.
Over the past three years, it has become apparent that individuals recruited into Taliban government offices must meet several criteria: they must possess an education (specifically as mullahs or Quran reciters), have fought against the Afghanistani populace and the previous government, and be Afghanistani nationals fluent in Pashto.
