About 11,261 Afghan refugees returned voluntarily or have been deported from Pakistan and Iran during the past one week, the Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) says.
Some Afghan refugees who recently returned from Iran have complained about the maltreatment of Iranian police and said Afghan immigrants in Iran were beaten, detained and forcibly deported.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says it has provided aid to over 1.2 million Afghans with support from the European Union (EU) from 2018 to 2023.
Scores of Afghan nationals have been arrested by Pakistani security forces for illegally crossing into southwestern Balochistan province, local officials say.
Refugees from Waziristan residing in southeastern Khost province have been provided with small business opportunities in 28 different fields, an official said on Sunday.
About 11,623 Afghan refugees returned voluntarily or have been deported from Pakistan and Iran during the past one week, the Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) says.
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