US EditionOver 4.5M Afghans Return Home, Overwhelming Fragile Nation
More than 4.5 million Afghans returned since Sept 2023 have increased competition for jobs and housing, with 90% of families in high-return areas skipping meals or borrowing, UNDP said.
- More than 4.5 million returned, increasing Afghanistan's population by 10%, and Kanni Wignaraja said Afghan returnees and host communities face immense strain.
- Against decades of conflict and economic decline, Afghanistan faces recurrent climate shocks including droughts and floods, compounding pressures on communities amid mass returns.
- An assessment of 48,711 Afghan households found ninety percent in high-return areas skip meals, sell belongings, or borrow, and more than half forego medical care in July and August.
- Fragile host districts are bearing displacement burdens, eroding social cohesion, while UNDP warned urgent action is needed to prevent displacement and outward migration.
- Taliban restrictions on women and girls persist while one in four households depend on women, and recent quakes killed more than 2,200 and 27 earlier this month, UNDP said.
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Afghanistan economic recovery buckles as nine in 10 families go hungry or into debt, UNDP says
Afghanistan's economic recovery is buckling as nine in 10 households are forced to skip meals, sell belongings or take on debt to survive, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning that mass returns are exacerbating the country's worst crisis since the Taliban returned to power.
Afghan Families Face Hunger and Debt as Economy Collapses: UNDP
Afghanistan’s economic recovery is collapsing under compounding crises, with nine in ten households resorting to desperate survival measures skipping meals, selling possessions, or taking on debt according to a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report released Wednesday. Since 2023, more than 4.5 million Afghans have been forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan, swelling the population […] The post Afghan Families Face Hunger and Debt…
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