In a statement, the commission said 21,881 people, or 3,475 families, crossed into western Herat Province through the Islam Qala.

The data reported by the Taliban-run Bakhtar News Agency shows that on the same day, 98 families were repatriated from.

“We’ve been in limbo for years,” said Shayeqa, who was deported alongside her family. “We paid rent in Iran. Now.