Afghanistan, July 14 -- More than 43,000 Afghan migrants returned from Iran in a single day, prompting urgent UN calls for international humanitarian support.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has raised serious concerns over the unprecedented spike in the return of Afghan migrants from neighboring Iran and Pakistan. The agency has called for urgent humanitarian support to address the immediate needs of returnees.

In a report published on Sunday, July 13, via its official platform on X, UNHCR revealed that more than 43,000 Afghan migrants returned from Iran to Afghanistan in a single day, straining already fragile infrastructure and host communities.

The agency warned that the concentration of returnees in specifi...