Mass Expulsion of Afghans from Pakistan and Iran Intensifies

Returnees Face Harassment and Abuse Amid Afghanistan's Humanitarian Crisis

• Thousands of Afghans detained in Pakistani and Iranian prisons have been sent back to Afghanistan, with over 3,000 repatriated from the Pakistani province of Sindh alone in the past year.
• Over half a million Afghans have returned to their country from Pakistan in the past three months, following Islamabad's announcement that all undocumented foreigners should leave by November 1.
• Several hundred thousand Afghans have also been forced out of Iran, where over half of the 5 million Afghans living there lack the required documents to stay.
• Most Afghans returning from Iran and Pakistan report harassment, abuse, and mistreatment, with aid agencies warning of a humanitarian catastrophe if the expulsions continue.
• With more than 29 million of Afghanistan's estimated 40 million population in need of humanitarian assistance, the country is already facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

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