The five bullet-riddled bodies found hanging from an electric pole in Dalbandin city, Balochistan last week have been returned to their families, Kabul’s embassy in Islamabad announced on Thursday. The victims, identified as Afghan nationals, were discovered near a college in Dalbandin, a city close to the borders with Afghanistan and Iran.
According to a statement from the Afghan embassy, the bodies were handed over to their families at the Spin Boldak-Chaman border crossing on Wednesday. The Afghan consulate in Balochistan had made “serious efforts” to ensure the bodies were returned to their waiting relatives in Afghanistan.
“The five Afghans were brutally killed by unknown people,” the statement, shared with AFP, revealed.
This tragic event comes amid heightened tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Since the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, approximately 600,000 Afghans have traveled to Pakistan. However, Islamabad has recently intensified its efforts to expel undocumented Afghans as relations with Kabul have deteriorated over security concerns.
