346 Afghan Families Deported From Iran & Pakistan, Claims Taliban

Bakhtar News Agency, a Taliban-controlled media outlet, reported that 346 Afghan refugee families were deported from Iran and Pakistan in a single day.

The media outlet wrote that 36 families from Pakistan and 310 families from Iran have returned to Afghanistan.

Bakhtar News Agency, wrote on Tuesday, October 8, that Afghan refugee families have returned to Afghanistan from the Torkham, Spin Boldak, Pul-e-Abrisham and Islam Qala crossings.

On October 3, the outlet had also reported the deportation of 299 Afghan families from Iran and Pakistan and their return to Afghanistan.

This comes as the trend of deportation of Afghan refugees from Iran and Pakistan has increased sharply in recent months. Afghan immigrants in these two countries face many challenges. Iran's police chief said recently that by the end of this year, two million undocumented Afghan refugees will be "deported" from Iran.