RASC News Agency: With the forced deportations of Afghanistani refugees from Pakistan increasing, the Ministry of Migrants of the Taliban group recently announced that more than 11,000 individuals have returned to Laghman province after being expelled from Pakistan in the past month. The report was released on Tuesday, November 21, by the Ministry, which also mentioned that the returnees have received initial assistance upon their arrival.
It is important to note that a previous report by the World Health Organization had revealed that the majority of deported migrants from Pakistan were residents of Nangarhar province. In addition to Nangarhar, the majority of deported migrants also come from Kandahar, Kunduz, and Laghman provinces, where they had migrated to Pakistan in recent years. Consequently, Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Taliban group, has urged officials to relocate the deported migrants to 22 provinces in the northern, western, and central regions of the country.
However, families who have been forcibly deported from Pakistan and returned to Afghanistan are now seeking assistance from international organizations and Taliban authorities to aid them in establishing a decent quality of life. Notably, the World Health Organization had previously requested $10 million to address the challenges faced by these migrants. It is evident that factors such as poverty, unemployment, the country’s overall situation, restrictions on women and girls, as well as the fear of the Taliban, have all contributed to the increase in Afghanistani citizens’ migration to neighboring countries in the past two years.
