Iran Continues Forced Deportations, Afghan Refugees Worried

Washington — When the Taliban overran the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif in August 2021, Aminullah Ranjbar, a police officer, said he had “no choice” but to flee with his family to Iran. For the past three years, the Ranjbar family has lived in Tehran as undocumented refugees for fear of being deported to Afghanistan, where Aminullah's life is in danger. “We know that many (former Afghan security officials) were killed by the ruling group in Afghanistan,” Ranjbar said. Thousands of former Afghan security officers fled to Iran after the Taliban took power in mid-August 2021, fearing reprisals. United Nations (UN) Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan/UNAMA) said it had documented “at least 60 cases of arbitrary arrest and detention, 10 cases of torture and ill-treatment, verbal threats and at least five killings of former government officials and ANDSF members,” between April 1 and June 30, 2024. The UN also noted that from 2021 to June 2023, at least 800 human rights violations occurred, including 218 arbitrary killings without due process, against government officials and security forces. United Nations Office for Refugees (UNICEF)U.N. Refuge Agency/UNHCR) estimates that around one million Afghans fled to Iran after …

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