Taliban Says 681 Afghan Migrants Return Home via Four Border Crossings

The Taliban administration says 156 migrant families, comprising 681 people, entered Afghanistan yesterday through four border crossings, according to figures published in a statement.

Hamdullah Fitrat, spokesman for the Taliban administration, said on Tuesday, 21 October, that 111 families, comprising 488 people, returned to the country via the Pul-e Abrisham crossing in Nimroz province.

According to the statement, 22 families, comprising 74 people, entered Afghanistan through the Islam Qala crossing in Herat province, and 14 families, comprising 67 people, crossed into the country via the Torkham crossing in Nangarhar province.

The Taliban administration also said that nine families, comprising 52 people, returned to Afghanistan through the Spin Boldak crossing in Kandahar province.