At least 1.2 million Afghans forced to return from Iran and Pakistan this year, says UN
AFGHANISTAN, JUN 28 – More than 1.2 million Afghans were forced to return from Iran and Pakistan in 2025, with 70% deported and many arriving with limited resources, UN agencies warn of growing humanitarian needs.
- More than one million Afghans have returned to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan in 2025 amid increased expulsions.
- This surge follows Iran's May order setting a July 6 deadline for undocumented Afghans to leave and Pakistan's acceleration of deportations.
- Daily returns peaked at 30,000 in late June, with 691,049 people returning from January to June 28, 70% forcibly sent back, according to IOM.
- UN officials reported border humanitarian provisions are overwhelmed, police and Basij forces employ harsh treatment, and many deportees arrive lacking assets.
- The influx of forced returnees risks further destabilizing Afghanistan amid ongoing conflict and limited support capacity from the Taliban government.
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Afghans in Iran return to land they hardly know
Ghulam Ali begins his days in pain, his muscles aching from hauling grain on a rickety cart through the streets of Kabul, homesick for the country he called home for nearly four decades. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
The Iranian government gives until 6 July the millions of exiles present in the territory of the Islamic Republic to leave the country.
In recent days executed the sentence of three men accused of 'espionage' for Israel. Dozens of Afghan migrants stopped in the operation 'Plan Hijrat'. According to the UN, Tehran deports up to 30,000 Afghans per day. Arrests and interrogations also between the Baha'is and the Iranian Jews. An apparent evidence of strength to mask weaknesses on the military level.
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