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Afghan returnees in Bamiyan struggle despite new homes
Newly built homes for 174 Afghan returnee families lack water, sanitation, and nearby services amid a return wave of over 5 million since late 2023, UNHCR and IOM said.
- Recently, the UN refugee agency handed over homes in Jar-e-Khushk on Bamiyan's outskirts, providing 30 households with 540 sq ft units in a project for 174 people.
- After Iran and Pakistan stepped up deportations, IOM said more than five million Afghans returned since September 2023, with many forced out in 2024 after schooling denials and document extortion.
- There is currently no piped water in the area dubbed the 'dry slope,' so families must buy tanker water every three days at a higher cost than in Kabul, and homes lack bathrooms and mobile network.
- UNHCR's Amaia Lezertua said property rights give returnees security, while an IOM survey found only 11 per cent of adults found full-time work.
- Since 2021, around 7,000 returnees have gone to Bamiyan, highlighting local resettlement pressures, and a direct order from Hibatullah Akhundzada underpins these projects in Bamiyan province.
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Afghan returnees in Bamiyan struggle despite new homes
Sitting in his modest home beneath snow-dusted hills in Afghanistan's Bamiyan province, Nimatullah Rahesh expressed relief to have found somewhere to "live peacefully" after months of uncertainty.
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