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The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it has signed a strategic cooperation framework with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to protect displaced children in Afghanistan.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has urged that the repatriation of Afghan refugees from Iran be carried out gradually, in order to avoid placing undue pressure on Afghanistan’s caretaker government.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has arrived in Kabul to assess the challenges faced by Afghan refugees, says the Ministry of Refugees of Repatriation (MoRR).

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has issued an urgent appeal to the international support to assist more than 1.4 million Afghans returning or forcibly repatriated to Afghanistan so far this year— including over one million from Iran alone.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has inaugurated a training center in Kabul aimed at empowering women returnees from neighboring countries.

On World Refugee Day, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says more than 3.5 million Afghans have returned to their homeland from Iran and Pakistan since 2023.
The agency emphasised that all returns must be voluntary, dignified, and in accordance with the rights of returnees.

The United Nations refugee agency says it needs $71 million to help Afghans returning to their homeland from Pakistan and Iran.

Japan has provided $6 million to promote vital livelihoods opportunities for vulnerable people in Afghanistan, a statement said on Monday.

Forced displacement surged to historic new levels across the globe last year, according to the 2024 flagship Global Trends Report from UNHCR.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says the number of people displaced by war, violence and persecution has reached 114 million globally.

Acting Health Minister Dr. Qalandar Ebad has sought more cooperation  to deal with the healthcare issues of returnees and said government was prepared to address issued related to the healthcare of returnees, a statement said on Monday.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s global security and supply department head says she has asked Pakistani authorities to extend the cards of Afghan refugees and be lenient with them.