The Taliban on Wednesday (July 30, 2025) criticised neighbouring countries for the mass expulsion of Afghans, as Iran and Pakistan expel foreigners who they are saying reside there illegally.
The two countries set deadlines and threatened them with arrest or deportation if they didn’t comply. They deny focusing on Afghans, who make up important numbers in each countries.
Abdul Rahman Rashid, the Taliban authorities’s deputy minister for refugees and repatriation, rebuked host countries for the mass expulsions and described the removing of Afghans as a “serious violation of international norms, humanitarian principles, and Islamic values.”
“The scale and manner in which Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their homeland is something Afghanistan has never before experienced in its history,” Mr. Rashid instructed a press convention in Kabul.
Nearly 1.8 million Afghans had been forcibly returned from Iran up to now three months alone. An extra 184,459 had been despatched again from Pakistan and over 5,000 had been deported from Türkiye for the reason that starting of the 12 months. Additionally, practically 10,000 Afghan prisoners have been repatriated, principally from Pakistan.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation stated some 6 million Afghan refugees stay abroad.
Natural disasters have swelled Afghanistan’s refugee inhabitants. The ministry’s director for coverage and planning, Mahmood ul-Haq Ahadi, stated some 13,500 households had been internally displaced attributable to droughts, floods, and storms.
“When combined with prior displacements, the total number of internally displaced families in Afghanistan has now reached nearly 2.5 million,” Mr. Ahadi stated.
The ministry deliberate to ship delegations to carry conferences with host countries specializing in authorized assist and resolving the challenges confronted by Afghan asylum seekers.
“Our goal is to find sustainable solutions through dialogue and cooperation,” Mr. Ahadi stated.
Humanitarian companies have warned that the dimensions and tempo of returning Afghans is overwhelming already fragile assist techniques.
