Three million Afghans could return this year: UN


FILE PHOTO: Afghan refugees wait in a queue at a registration centre, after arriving from Pakistan, in Takhta Pul district of Kandahar province on April 13, 2025. - AFP

KABUL: Three million Afghans could return to their country this year, a UN refugee official said Friday (July 11), warning that the repatriation flow is placing intense pressure on an already major humanitarian crisis.

Iran and Pakistan have introduced new policies affecting displaced Afghans, with Tehran already having given four million "illegal" Afghans until July 6 to leave Iranian territory.

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