Mass expulsions leave many facing uncertain future in Afghanistan amid poverty and harsh restrictions on women and girls

Iran has been expelling hundreds of thousands of Afghans—- threatening stability and worsening Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis

By bnm Tehran bureau Around 800,000 Afghans have left Iran from the beginning of 2025 until July 16, with more than 70% departing voluntarily, Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni claimed, Donya-e Eqtesad reported on July 17.

More than half a million Afghans have been expelled from Iran in the 16 days since the conflict with Israel ended, according to the United Nations, in what may be one of the largest forced movements of population this decade.

India has introduced a new visa module for Afghanistan nationals, from April 2025, categorising visa applications into six distinct types to streamline the process, a spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.

Afghans who have made a new life in Lancaster after being resettled under the government’s relocation scheme are now fearing for the safety of their families after a data breach was revealed.

According to a BBC report, the personal details of 19,000 Afghans who had applied to move to the United Kingdom following the 2021 Taliban takeover were leaked in February 2022. The government learned of the data breach in August 2023 and created a secret resettlement scheme for those affected,

The pace and scale of Afghans returning from Iran are overwhelming already fragile support systems, a senior U.N. official warned Tuesday, with tens of thousands of people crossing the border daily exhausted and traumatized,