US EditionAfghanistan aid system severely strained by over 5 million returnees, UN warns
More than 5 million Afghans returned since late 2023 amid deportations and crises, straining aid efforts that are only 8% funded, worsening hunger and economic challenges.
- Over 5 million people have returned to Afghanistan from neighboring countries since late 2023, straining aid efforts.
- The United Nations warned that relief efforts are struggling to keep up with thousands of daily arrivals.
- The massive influx of returnees, amounting to 12% of Afghanistan's population, is pushing the country to the brink, according to the UN refugee agency representative.
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150,000 Afghans have returned from Pakistan, Iran this year: UN
Nearly 150,000 Afghans have returned from Pakistan and Iran this year, with the speed and size of the migration pushing Afghanistan deeper into crisis, the UN refugee agency said Friday. After decades hosting Afghans fleeing crises at home, Pakistan and Iran have ramped up deportations and forced millions back across the border to a country struggling to provide for them. "So far this year, nearly 150,000 Afghans have returned from Iran and Paki…
Nearly 150,000 Afghans returned from Pakistan, Iran in 2026: UN
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday nearly 150,000 Afghans have returned home from Pakistan and Iran so far in 2026. These returns add to the 5.4 million Afghans who have gone back to Afghanistan from the same two neighbouring countries since October 2023. UNHCR says it continues to observe significant numbers of Afghans returning or being forced to return from neighbouring countries under extreme …
The return of millions of Afghans from Pakistan and Iran pushes Afghanistan to the brink, U.N. warns
The return of millions of Afghans from neighboring Pakistan and Iran is pushing Afghanistan to the brink, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday, describing an unprecedented scale…
Afghanistan aid system severely strained by over 5 million returnees, UN warns
Over five million people have returned to Afghanistan from neighbouring states since expulsion policies began in late 2023, prompting the United Nations to warn on Friday that relief efforts are becoming overwhelmed by thousands of daily arrivals.
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The return of millions of Afghans from Pakistan and Iran pushes Afghanistan to the brink, UN warns
The U.N. refugee agency says the return of millions of Afghans from neighboring Pakistan and Iran is pushing Afghanistan to the brink.
'Deeply concerned': UN warns Afghanistan aid system severely strained by over 5 million returnees
The UN has warned relief efforts are overwhelmed as mass deportations from Pakistan and Iran, aid cuts, and economic decline push Afghanistan toward a severe hunger emergency
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