The Taliban’s High Commission for Addressing Migrants’ Affairs has announced that 28512 Afghan migrants were deported from Iran on Wednesday.

According to the commission’s figures, 19197 migrants entered Afghanistan via the Islam Qala border crossing, while another 8405 returned through the Pul-e-Abrisham crossing.

The commission also reported that 315 migrants returned from Pakistan through the Spin Boldak border crossing, 465 via Torkham, and 12 others through the Angur Ada border point.

An Iranian official stated on Tuesday that more than 717000 Afghan migrants have been deported from Iran since the start of the current solar Hijri year.

Nader Yarahmadi, head of the Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants’ Affairs at Iran’s Ministry of Interior, said the deportations were carried out through three border crossings into Afghanistan.

He stressed that migrants without legal documentation must leave Iran.

Yarahmadi gave the precise number of deportees as 717658 and added that the deportation process is ongoing.