During the meeting, the UNDP delegation proposed forming a joint committee with the ministry to improve coordination and accelerate responses to the challenges facing returnees.
Nearly nine in ten Afghan families are going hungry or sinking deeper into debt, as millions of new returnees stretch scarce resources across poverty-hit provinces in...
Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, said during a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi on Sunday...
Authorities of the Islamic Emirate have not yet commented on the suspension.
In a local pharmaceutical plant, men and women work across multiple shifts, underscoring the growing participation of women in the province’s industrial workforce.
UNHCR also raised alarm over the impact on women and girls, noting that they risk being sent back to a country where their rights to work...
Many returnees arrive with very few belongings; some are exhausted, traumatized, or in need of urgent assistance.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced that it has suspended its activities at encashment centers for returnees across Afghanistan due to the...
Experts warn that Kabul, a city that has grown rapidly over the past two decades, is at the center of the crisis.
Din Mohammad Hanif, Afghanistan’s Minister of Economy, held a high-level meeting on Sunday in Kabul with Roza Otunbayeva, Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in...
The German government has pledged an additional 5.8 million euros in humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan to provide food and to maintain life-saving basic healthcare. The aid...
WFP said it has provided emergency food assistance to more than 300,000 returnees at border points, with vital support from donors.
Afghanistan is facing a dramatic surge in returning children, with nearly one child returning to the country from Iran or Pakistan every 30 seconds on average,...
UNICEF also appealed to donor countries to increase funding for humanitarian programs supporting returnees, with a focus on women and children.
“The situation of returnees is critical,” said the IOM Chief of Mission in Afghanistan, who recently visited border entry points.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has issued an urgent appeal for international funding and support as Afghanistan grapples with one of the largest return movements...
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has dismissed recent allegations made in a United Nations report regarding human rights abuses against returning Afghan refugees, insisting that...
Nearly 12,000 Afghan migrants returned to Afghanistan in the past 24 hours via the Islam Qala crossing in Herat and the Silk Bridge crossing in Nimroz,...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported outbreaks of respiratory infections, acute diarrhea, scabies, and suspected cases of COVID-19 among Afghan returnees from Iran and Pakistan....
The agency warned that a failure to respond quickly and at scale risks triggering widespread displacement, food insecurity, and public health emergencies.
