Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the Secretary-General, said that the number of returnees from Pakistan has dramatically increased from 200 daily to 17,000, and he urged the International community to increase its support for Afghans.

Addressing media, Farhan Haq said that nearly 375,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in the past two months, primarily through the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings.

“The International Organization for Migration warns that the situation for women and girls in Afghanistan is exceptionally difficult, and needs are only likely to increase as winter approaches. IOM stresses that the international community must increase its support at a time when funding for the Afghan population is rapidly declining,” the deputy spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said at a briefing.

“Returning Afghans have been through massive upheaval and now face great hardships and risks. Many don’t know where to go, what to do or what the future holds for them,” said Caroline Gluck, UNHCR spokesperson, Afghanistan.

US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller, at a press briefing asked Pakistan to uphold its obligation in the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers.

“And we join all of our partners in urging all countries, including Pakistan, to uphold their respective obligations in the treatment of refugees and asylum speakers – or asylum seekers, and strongly encourage all of Afghanistan’s neighbor to – neighbors to allow entry for Afghans seeking international protection, and coordinate with international humanitarian organizations to provide humanitarian assistance,” Miller noted.

Meanwhile, Amnesty International in its recent report asked the government of Pakistan to immediately halt the continued detentions, deportations and widespread harassment of Afghan refugees.

"Our money is in Pakistan, and all our belongings are left in Pakistan and we were facing many problems while staying there,” said Azad Khan, an Afghan refugee deported from Pakistan.

However, the Ministry of Economy said that they are trying to provide more aid to the refugees returning from Pakistan.

"Referring to the issue of immigrants, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is prepared in all sectors, accommodation, transportation and shelter,” said Abdul Latif Nazari, deputy of the ministry.

Earlier, the Minister of Information of Balochistan of Pakistan said that all illegal Afghan immigrants will be expelled from Pakistan by January 2024.