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IEA establishes commission to deal with migrants’ problems
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has established a commission, called the Returnees Affairs Commission, to handle the problems of migrants.
In a post on X, the prime minister’s office stated: “The meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, was held with the cabinet ministers, in which the situation of Afghan immigrants in neighboring countries and ways to solve existing problems were discussed.”
According to the IEA, a committee headed by Second Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi has been tasked with the job of urgently drawing up a procedural framework as a guideline for the new commission.
Millions of migrants are scattered around the world, with the vast majority in Iran and Pakistan.
Pakistan however gave 1.7 million undocumented Afghan refugees until November 1 to leave the country.