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UNHCR has assisted over 118,000 Afghan returnees from Pakistan, including 75,400 Proof of Registration (PoR) Card holders, since September 2023. Approximately 49% of the assisted individuals are women and girls, and 2.5% of the total assisted beneficiaries have disabilities.
Between 15 September 2023 and 31 December 2024, nearly 806,000 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan. Of households assisted, at least one in four are headed by women, and approximately 33% of returnees intend to return to five provincial capitals (Kabul, Jalalabad,
Kandahar, Kunduz, and Mazar-e-Sharif).
Out of 806,000, some 315,100 returned in 2024—an average of 26,300 returns per month. Over 10,500 have been arrested or detained in Pakistan this year. December was the month with the highest level of arrests/detention, with a total of some 2,060 cases, and November was the second highest, with 1,180 cases.