{"id":10670,"date":"2026-04-12T17:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/12\/pakistan-expels-3859-afghan-migrants-returned-border-crossings\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T17:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:15:23","slug":"pakistan-expels-3859-afghan-migrants-returned-border-crossings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/12\/pakistan-expels-3859-afghan-migrants-returned-border-crossings\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Expels 3,859 Afghan Migrants in One Day, Returning Them via Border Crossings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The High Commission for Addressing Migrant Issues, affiliated with the Taliban administration, has announced that the government of Pakistan expelled 3,859 Afghan migrants in a single day. According to the commission, these individuals re-entered Afghanistan through the Torkham border crossing in Nangarhar province and the Spin Boldak crossing in Kandahar province.<\/p>\n<p>Based on provided information, the repatriation process took place yesterday, with responsible authorities at the border areas registering the migrants and transferring them to their home regions. However, no details have been released regarding the migrants&#8217; housing situations, access to basic services, or the fate of their families.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, forced expulsions of Afghan migrants from Pakistan have intensified, with reports indicating that many families are being returned to Afghanistan without prior preparation. This trend has raised serious concerns about Afghanistan\u2019s capacity to absorb and address the basic needs of returnees.<\/p>\n<p>While the Taliban administration speaks of establishing special commissions to address migrant issues, some social activists emphasize that the existing facilities in many provinces are insufficient to cope with the new wave of returnees and call for transparent planning and broader support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan expelled 3,859 Afghan migrants in one day, raising concerns over Afghanistan&#8217;s capacity to support the suddenly returned families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-migrant-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}