{"id":126725,"date":"2026-05-31T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=126725"},"modified":"2026-05-31T09:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:50:04","slug":"returnees-from-pakistan-killed-in-afghanistan-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/126725\/","title":{"rendered":"Returnees from Pakistan killed in Afghanistan accident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JALALABAD(National Times)-  A truck overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 20 people on board including 12 children, a provincial official told\u00a0<em>AFP<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vehicle was carrying Afghan families returning from Pakistan, where they had been living, according to Abdul Malik Niazai, spokesperson for the governor of Laghman province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTwenty people [have died] \u2014 five women, three men and 12 children,\u201d the spokesperson said. The accident left 33 people injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a post on X \u201cwe pray for the speedy recovery of the injured\u201d, adding that he was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by the tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accident happened on the road between Jalal\u00adabad in eastern Afgha\u00adnistan and capital Kabul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities in Pakistan have taken a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1949548\">tougher stance<\/a>&nbsp;on Afghan migrants and refugees in the country \u2014 causing an outflow that often includes families travelling with their belongings in trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the start of the year, 447,400 Afghans have returned from Pakistan, according to figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Ref\u00adu\u00adgees and the International Organisation for Migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The repatriations are driven by the country\u2019s Illegal Foreigners Repatr\u00adiation Plan and border enforcement operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February, the United Nations High Commis\u00adsioner for Refugees said it continued to observe significant numbers of Afghans returning or being forced to return from neighbouring countries under extreme difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JALALABAD(National Times)- A truck overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 20 people on board including 12 children, a provincial official told\u00a0AFP. The vehicle was carrying Afghan families returning from Pakistan, where they had been living, according to Abdul Malik Niazai, spokesperson for the governor of Laghman province. \u201cTwenty people [have died] \u2014 five women, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Returnees from Pakistan killed in Afghanistan accident - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/126725\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Returnees from Pakistan killed in Afghanistan accident - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"JALALABAD(National Times)- A truck overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 20 people on board including 12 children, a provincial official told\u00a0AFP. 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