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The Taliban is the latest round of a labor agreement with the Gulf state, which registered 1,800 unemployed people who were expelled from neighboring countries for opportunities to work in Qatar on Wednesday, a Labor Ministry spokesperson said.
The programme aims to alleviate unemployment in Afghanistan, with the Taliban saying consultations are also underway to send workers to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Turkey and Russia.
Last month, 3,100 Afghans were registered for employment in Qatar, including the food and hospitality industry.
The one-day registration period on Wednesday was banned from Iran and Pakistan, with only Afghans in four major cities open.
At least 2 million Afghans have left Iran and Pakistan this year. Both governments launched separate campaigns to expel foreigners who they said were living illegally.
They deny targeting Afghans, but most of the forced return were Afghan nationals.
People with refugee certificates can visit registration centres in Kabul, Kandahar, Herat and Nangarhar, and have the opportunity to work in Qatar, said Samula Ibrahimi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Labor.
“These working visas cover 22 different job categories, and the 1,800 visas available are for these unemployed Afghan returnees,” he said.
Dozens of men waited in long lines outside the registration centre in Kabul, the capital.
After leaving Iran, Poiyan Ahmadi asked the Taliban government to speak to other countries.
“There are no jobs here in Afghanistan and there are fewer job opportunities,” he said.
Warning from the United Nations
However, last month, a UN report said the Taliban tortured and threatened Afghan citizens who had been forced to return them from Iran and Pakistan for their identity and personal history.
Afghan authorities pledged pardons for those who left after the Taliban returned to power in 2021, urging the people to return.
However, rights groups and the United Nations have repeatedly warned that there is a risk of persecution due to their gender, occupation, or connections with former West-backed regimes.
Violations include torture, abuse, abuse, arbitrary arrests and threats to personal safety at the hands of the Taliban, according to the report.
Also, in July, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned that forced deportation from Pakistan could violate non-refemony international principles.
Such a massive repatriation could destabilize the vulnerable situation in Afghanistan, where the Taliban government came to power in 2021, the agency said.
Additional sources •AP
