Afghanistan, Dec. 8 -- Iran has deported around 1.8 million Afghan migrants this year through the Islam Qala border, marking one of the largest repatriation waves to Afghanistan.
Iranian media report that approximately 1.8 million Afghan migrants have returned to Afghanistan this year via the Islam Qala border, in what officials describe as a significant wave of repatriations.
Tasnim News Agency cited the governor of Khorasan Razavi province on Monday, who said part of the deportations occurred from his province, with the remainder coming from 11 other provinces across Iran.
Local outlets have described the influx as the largest mass return of Afghanistan migrants in recent years, underscoring the scale of the migration trend.
Officials...