135 Returned Cross-Border Children Reunited with Families in Baghlan
The Taliban’s Directorate of Labor and Social Affairs in Baghlan province has announced that since the beginning of this year, 135 children who were deported from Iran and Pakistan after crossing the borders illegally have been reunited with their families in the province.
Qari Nosratullah Parsa, head of the Directorate of Labor and Social Affairs in Baghlan, stated that these children were transferred to Baghlan with the cooperation of partner organizations and in coordination with the labor and social affairs departments of neighboring provinces. They were then handed over to their families.
According to him, poverty and unemployment are the main causes of illegal migration of children to neighboring countries, a phenomenon that exposes them to multiple risks. He added that the directorate, with financial support from the HESO office, has provided vocational training opportunities for some of these children.
Parsa emphasized that efforts to create employment opportunities and provide further support continue so that these children are not forced to undertake illegal migration again. He also called on responsible organizations to offer more serious protection and support for this vulnerable group of children.
Baghlan is a northern province of the country where, in recent years, some families have sent their children to neighboring countries for work due to economic difficulties. This has sometimes resulted in their deportation and forced return.
