The Taliban’s Ministry of Refugees has reported that over 144000 Afghan migrants have returned to the country from Pakistan, Iran, and Türkiye since the beginning of April.

According to Abdul Mutalib Haqqani, spokesperson for the Ministry, more than 3000 of the returnees were prisoners released from various jails in Pakistan. These individuals re-entered Afghanistan through the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings.

Haqqani stated on the group’s state television that the Ministry has arranged essential support and transportation to assist returnees in reaching their original places of residence.

To accommodate the influx, the Ministry announced the allocation of over 60 residential settlements across the country for the returnees.

Afghan migrants residing in neighbouring countries including Iran, Pakistan, Türkiye, and Tajikistan are reportedly facing increasing pressure.

In Pakistan, authorities have intensified crackdowns on undocumented migrants and are resolute in their efforts to expel them. Conditions for asylum seekers who had previously fled Taliban rule have also deteriorated, with harsher living circumstances imposed by host countries.