{"id":23113,"date":"2026-07-21T09:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=23113"},"modified":"2026-07-21T09:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:30:17","slug":"over-2-5-million-afghan-migrants-have-returned-from-pakistan-iom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/07\/21\/over-2-5-million-afghan-migrants-have-returned-from-pakistan-iom\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 2.5 million Afghan migrants have returned from Pakistan, IOM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says more than 2.5 million Afghan migrants have returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan between September 15, 2023, and June 30, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the organization\u2019s latest report, 1,692,147 Afghan nationals have returned from Pakistan since April 1, 2025 alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IOM said that fear of arrest and challenges related to migrants\u2019 legal status in Pakistan have been among the main factors driving the large-scale returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Islamic Emirate\u2019s High Commission for Addressing Migrants\u2019 Problems reported that 616 migrant families returned to Afghanistan in a single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials said the repatriation process is continuing and that efforts are underway to address the returnees\u2019 needs in various sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says more than 2.5 million Afghan migrants have returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan between September 15, 2023, and June 30, 2026. According to the organization\u2019s latest report, 1,692,147 Afghan nationals have returned from Pakistan since April 1, 2025 alone. The IOM said that fear of arrest and challenges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23115,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23113\/revisions\/23115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}