{"id":19410,"date":"2026-08-10T08:13:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T08:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/08\/10\/317-migrant-families-return-afghanistan-pressured-resources\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T08:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T08:13:21","slug":"317-migrant-families-return-afghanistan-pressured-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/08\/10\/317-migrant-families-return-afghanistan-pressured-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"317 Migrant Families Return to Afghanistan, Raising Concerns Over Strained Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid the ongoing economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the Taliban administration announced that in a single day, 317 migrant families, comprising 1,570 individuals, have returned from neighboring countries. This influx has heightened concerns about increasing pressure on the country\u2019s already limited employment opportunities and essential services.<\/p>\n<p>Hamdullah Fetrat, deputy spokesperson for the Taliban administration, stated in a press release on Monday, August 10, that these families entered Afghanistan through the Torkham, Spin Boldak, Silk Bridge, and Islam Qala border crossings.<\/p>\n<p>According to the press release, 215 families totaling 1,300 people returned via Torkham in Nangarhar province, while 20 families amounting to 72 individuals crossed through Spin Boldak in Kandahar. Additionally, 39 families with 177 persons came through the Silk Bridge in Nimroz, and seven families with 21 people entered via the Islam Qala crossing in Herat.<\/p>\n<p>The migrant returns continue despite many returnees facing shortages of shelter, unemployment, and challenges in accessing healthcare and educational services. Earlier, the Norwegian Refugee Council reported that since late 2023, over six million Afghan migrants have returned to the country, a trend that has further strained humanitarian aid efforts and Afghanistan\u2019s limited internal resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>317 migrant families returned to Afghanistan in one day, raising concerns about pressure on limited jobs and basic services amid ongoing crises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-migrant-news","category-secondary-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19410","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=19410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}