Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 02, 2023 at 8:59 PM
Three thousand families have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan through the Spin Boldak crossing in Kandahar in the last two days following the start of the process of forcible deportation of Afghan immigrants from the country.
Local Kandahar officials said that in addition to providing first aid, they also established the framework for the repatriates’ transfer back to their respective provinces.
“A total of 2,500 to 3,000 families have come since yesterday,” Abdul Latif Hakimi, head of refugee registration and information in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar, told TOLOnews.
Some of the returnees noted that the Pakistani military treated them more badly than ever before, against all laws and moral norms.
“They dragged us and all the women out of the house. We had 100,000, only 30,000 was given to us, and we spent that much as we came here,” said Hassanzai, a returnee.
“We were doing well there. We were living there with our family, and Pakistani police came inside our houses,” said Nazir Ahmad, another returnee.
For 20,000 families returning from Pakistan through Kandahar’s Spin Boldak crossing, in addition to food and medical services, SIM cards have also been distributed.
“The SIM cards have discounts for immigrants and we gave one to three SIM cards for each family,” said Zarif Shah, distributor of SIM cards.
“These packages contain milk, water, juice and cakes that we give to the immigrants,” said Abdul Wakil, in charge of distributing food items to returnees in Spin Boldak.
“Treatment of patients who are coming from Pakistan are ongoing in the 100-bed hospital,” said Nazir Shekab, spokesman of the 205th Al-Badr Army Corps.
Following the announcement of the deadline by the caretaker government of Pakistan to deport illegal immigrants in this country, so far about 25,000 families have entered the country just through Spin Boldak.
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