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UN Agencies Count More Than 700,000 Afghans Returned From Pakistan This Year. The Committee Against Torture Has Asked Pakistan to Consider Repealing or Reviewing the Plan Behind the Returns.

On 6 November 2026 UNHCR published its count of Afghans who returned from Pakistan between 1 January and 31 October 2026: 724,600, of whom 71,300 were deported. The joint count kept by UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration at five border crossings, in its update dated 5 November, records 822,359 returns over the same ten months, 87,673 of them deportations.

November 6, 2026 · Pakistan