UN: 1.4 million Afghans forcibly returned in 2025

In 2025, the UN reported 1.4 million Afghans forcibly returned from neighboring countries, worsening Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis amid shrinking aid.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that over 1.4 million Afghan migrants—most of them forcibly deported—have returned to Afghanistan since the beginning of 2025. The agency warned that the surge in returnees is significantly straining already fragile humanitarian resources in the country.

In a recent update...