Afghanistan experienced large-scale return movements in 2025, with an estimated 2.9 million Afghan returns. These movements reflected a shift in the profile of returnees, many of whom had lived in Ira...

Escalating hostilities across Asia and the Middle East have led to a deterioration in the humanitarian situation. The affected areas already host 24.3 million forcibly displaced people, many of whom, ...

The Executive summary of the post-return monitoring report (December 2025) presents a snapshot of the Afghan households who returned to Afghanistan between January and August 2025, a period during whi...

Afghanistan: Operational Update - October 2024

This dashboard provides a weekly update on UNHCR-assisted Afghan nationals returning from Pakistan. It details both voluntary repatriation as well as forced returns. It categorizes the total numbers o...

One-pager on the settlement of refugees living in Iran

Afghanistan Community-Based Protection Factsheet for Sub Office Kandahar September 2024: UNHCR in the Southern Region continues to strengthen community-based protection, implementing an integrated app...