Local Taliban officials have announced the forced expulsion of more than 12,000 Afghan refugee families from Pakistan within the last 37 days.
Mawlawi Samiullah Samoon, the director of the Taliban’s migrant registration at the Torkham border, stated on Thursday, October 26th, that these families were forcibly deported by the Pakistani government.
According to him, the returning migrants are registered by the Taliban, and their details are then handed over to humanitarian organizations.
He emphasized that international relief agencies have organized food and non-food assistance for the families returning from Pakistan, and efforts are underway to provide additional facilities to the returnees.
It is worth mentioning that Pakistan recently issued a “final warning” to illegal refugees to leave the country before the specified deadline.
Pakistan’s acting interior minister has cautioned that law enforcement agencies will initiate operations to identify individuals after the deadline expires.
