Afghanistan, Aug. 17 -- UNHCR warns its funds are depleting as 2.2 million Afghans are expelled from Iran and Pakistan, urging urgent aid amid worsening poverty and dire humanitarian crisis.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned that its budget is running out as the mass expulsion of Afghan refugees from Iran and Pakistan continues.
In a statement on Sunday, August 17, the agency appealed for urgent international assistance to sustain its operations supporting Afghan returnees.
According to UNHCR figures, since the start of this year, more than 2.2 million Afghans have been deported from Iran and Pakistan.
The UN highlighted that poverty and unemployment in Afghanistan are rising sharply, with more than half of the po...