550 Prisoners Return From Pakistan to Afghanistan Via Spin Boldak

Local officials in Kandahar province reported that from the beginning of April more than 8,000 Afghan migrants have returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan.

According to the officials, the Islamic Emirate has provided various facilities for the returnees. These include food, medicine, shelter, cash assistance, household necessities, and facilities to help them return to their original regions.

Mohammad Ishaq Idris, the head of the temporary refugee camp registration in Takhta Pul district of Kandahar, told : “1,549 families, totaling 8,107 people, including 550 of our fellow countrymen who were prisoners, have been handed over to us.”

Wali Jan Badam, the head of the Department of Refugees and Returnees in Kandahar, said: “Six committees have been formed to provide facilities for migrants, working on shelter, housing, water, food, and medicine. Their activities are ongoing.”

In addition to the migrants, 550 Afghan prisoners have also been freed from Pakistan and returned to Afghanistan during this period.

Returnees from Pakistan say that the ill-treatment by Pakistani forces has not decreased. According to the returnees, Pakistani security forces raided the homes of Afghan migrants, seized their valuables and money, and imprisoned them.

These returnees are calling for an end to the mistreatment of Afghan migrants by Pakistan.

Mohammad Hanif, a returnee from Pakistan, told: “Both Russia and the United States came to our country, but the suffering inflicted on us by this Muslim country is far greater than what was inflicted by others. We did not go to Pakistan with force, with tanks or airplanes, nor did we occupy it; we went there seeking shelter.”

Abdullah, another returnee from Pakistan, said: “They raided homes and forcibly sent people back to Afghanistan. They imprisoned Afghans.”

Meanwhile, officials in the Islamic Emirate are urging Pakistan to cease the harassment of Afghan migrants and to adhere to the principle of good neighborliness.

Mohammad Yousuf Ahmadi, head of the Public Awareness Committee of the Islamic Emirate for returning migrants, told Tolonews: “It is not appropriate to seize migrants’ belongings and detain them. We urge Pakistan to change its current policy toward Afghans, respect the principle of good neighborliness, and allow Afghans to return to their country willingly.”

Since the beginning of April 2025, Pakistan has started the forced expulsion of Afghan migrants, a process that has faced severe international criticism and reactions.