Nearly 1.3 Million Afghans Return from Iran and Pakistan in Nine Months, UN Says
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Nearly 1.29 million Afghans returned from Iran and Pakistan between January and September 2026, amid an ongoing campaign of forced deportations and deteriorating living conditions in both countries, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said.
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[Claude] Report 2 is a rewording of the same UNHCR figure on Afghan returns from Iran and Pakistan in the first nine months, with matching numbers.
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