Afghanistan Returnees Overview (as of 19 July 2025)

As of 19 July, 1,541,000 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan in 2025, including 1,201,000 from Iran and 340,000 from Pakistan. Some 460,000 Afghans returned from Iran between 1 and 19 July, although a gradual decline in daily returnee caseloads has been observed in the last 10 days with around 9,000 Afghans arriving per day as of 19 July; numbers are understood to have further reduced since. This trend is likely influenced by ongoing diplomatic discussions between de facto authority officials from Afghanistan and the Government of Iran. At the same time, however, the number of Afghans arriving from Pakistan is expected to increase in the coming months following the Government of Pakistan’s decision on 18 July to not extend Proof of Registration (PoR) cardholders living in Pakistan beyond 30 June 2025. Currently, there are around 1.4 million Afghan PoR cardholders residing in Pakistan.