More than 3,000 Afghans went to Iran every day because of unemployment, local media reported quoting officials in Herat Province and Nimroz in Afghanistan.
In particular, the number is only people who legally go to Iran from these provinces and may be much greater if they cover those who cross the border illegally, tolo news reports.
Afghanistan went to Iran quoting severe economic and unemployed problems as a reason behind leaving the country.
“I don’t have a job and have been unemployed for a few months, we will go to Iran,” The media outlet reported quoting Farhad Sultani, a resident of Herat.
A resident of Faratab, Sultan Mir, said there was no work in Afghanistan and they went to Tehran to find a job.
In addition to people who travel legally to Iran, more than 3,000 people are smuggled every day through Nimroz Province, first to Pakistan and then to Iran.
Furthermore, more and more Afghans who moved to Iran also increased the process of deportation of Afghan refugees from the country.
More than 2000 Afghans from Iran’s cross in the Islamic border area of Qala in Herat every day, the Afghan news agency reported, quoted officials.
“The Islamic Emirates must overcome the people’s problems and their desires and create inclusive governance. They must provide employment opportunities so that people can be saved from this misery,” said Ghazni residents, according to the news agency.
The Ascension Swift Taliban for power in Afghanistan occurred in mid-August, triggering a terrible economic crisis and humanitarian crisis in the country.
According to the United Nations, more than 24 million people in Afghanistan need help save lives.