Over the past week, Pakistan forcibly repatriated around 770 Afghan families through the Torkham crossing.
According to the Nangarhar Directorate of Refugees and Repatriation, approximately 770 families were deported via Torkham last week. These families received initial assistance and were then transported to their respective provinces.
Baz Mohammad Abdul Rahman, head of the Nangarhar Refugees and Repatriation Department, stated: “Among them were 338 families with PoR (Proof of Registration) cards, comprising 1,905 individuals, and 491 undocumented families, totaling 2,279 individuals.”
Fifty-year-old Firdaws is one of those recently deported by Pakistani police. He says all his belongings were left behind.
He explained: “When the situation worsened, we had to flee. We left behind a fully furnished house and crops ready for harvest. Someone gave me 15,000 rupees for transportation out of goodwill.”
Like Firdaws, many other recently deported Afghans shared their eyewitness accounts of the mistreatment they faced in Pakistan.
Another deportee, Habibullah, said: “We suffered significant losses. Some lost as much as one million rupees. We left behind fresh fruits, pushcarts, and even tractors.”
Rahman Gul, who was also deported, stated: “We were expelled in a terrible situation. They didn’t even let us explain ourselves. I lost my harvest, and I didn’t have money for the fare — someone else paid it for me.”
On Friday, June 14 (24th of Jawza), Pakistani authorities handed over 125 Afghan prisoners to Afghan officials at the Torkham crossing.