UNHCR assisted 838 Afghan returnees in one week
Between 27 September and 3 October, 779 assisted returnees came from Pakistan, 54 from Iran and five from Tajikistan.
Event / data period: 2026-10-04
Published: · Updated:
A weekly chart from the UN Refugee Agency recorded 838 assisted returns to Afghanistan from 27 September to 3 October. Of these, 779 people came from Pakistan, 54 from Iran and five from Tajikistan.
UNHCR said 48% of those assisted that week were under 18 and 39% of returnee households were female-headed. The agency recorded assisting 430,929 returnees since the start of 2026. These figures cover UNHCR-assisted returns, not everyone who returned to the country.
Data
Source-reported details
Information published in the primary source.
| Assisted returns, 27 Sep–3 Oct | 838 people |
| From Pakistan | 779 people |
| From Iran | 54 people |
| From Tajikistan | 5 people |
| Under 18 among weekly returnees | 48% |
| Female-headed returnee households | 39% |
| Assisted since 1 Jan 2026 | 430,929 people |
Methodology
Concise account of source-reported information; independent verification is not implied.
Updated:
Subjects and places
Subject proposals
- Politics and governmentSuggested
- Preserved editorial category/topic; broad candidate onlydata.unhcr.org ↗
Geographic references
Only source-provided geographic references are shown. Opening an external map is optional. Optional story maps use OpenStreetMap. Opening a map sends your IP address and this site’s address to the map provider; location data remains readable as text without loading the map.
- Afghanistan · Place role: Coverage · Place type: Country or area · Location precision: RegionalEvidence
- Explicit preserved editorial country/region; no city or national centroid inferreddata.unhcr.org ↗