Bayat Foundation expands aid operations for Afghan returnees at key border crossings

Homeless at Home: Returnees Confront Soaring Rents and No Shelter – KabulNow

The scale of this repatriation is unprecedented, making it one of the largest population movements in recent years. Short-term aid centers and local infrastructure, already weakened by years of conflict and underfunding, are overwhelmed. The post Homeless at Home: Returnees Confront Soaring Rents and No Shelter appeared first on KabulNow.

A Homecoming in Crisis for Afghan Returnees

As Afghanistan faces a wave of forced returns from Pakistan and Iran, the lack of reintegration capacity and international coordination risks turning a migration challenge into a destabilising humanitarian crisis. Afghanistan, already contending with institutional collapse and protracted humanitarian need, now faces an additional strain: the return of more than 1.3 million citizens in the first half of 2025. Many of these returns have occurred u…

Crisis at border between Iran and Afghanistan

A SHARP rise in the number of Afghan refugees returning from Iran and Pakistan, many of them women and children, has sparked a humanitarian crisis at the border between Iran and Afghanistan. The number of Afghans returning rose from about 5000 a d...

Unprecedented Afghan returns are "a test of our collective humanity"

Roza Otunbayeva, the special representative of the Secretary General for Afghanistan, called on a visit to the border of Islam Qala with Iran on Tuesday where she witnessed the daily influx of tens of thousands of returnees. She also met repatriated families, aid and regional partnersde factoofficial. Alarm ringtones should ring “” Which should be […]

Bayat Foundation expands aid operations for Afghan returnees at key border crossings

The Bayat Foundation has significantly expanded its humanitarian assistance for Afghan returnees arriving through major western border crossings, including Islam Qala in Herat province and the Silk Bridge in Nimroz. The foundation’s efforts come amid a growing influx of deported and returning refugees from neighboring Iran. Foundation officials say their activities now include the distribution of food packages, provision of essential medical ser…