The Taliban have announced that 159 families, comprising 664 people, were forcibly returned to Afghanistan yesterday.
Hamdullah Fitrat, the Taliban’s deputy spokesperson, said in a statement on Monday, October 19, that 101 families, comprising 411 people, had returned to Afghanistan through the Silk Road border crossing in Nimroz province.
According to the statement, 33 families entered Afghanistan through the Torkham border crossing in Nangarhar province.
Additionally, 15 families, comprising 60 people, entered through the Spin Boldak crossing in Kandahar, while another 10 families, comprising 26 people, returned through the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat province.
