The Afghan government and aid agencies are struggling to cope with a wave of refugees returning from Pakistan and Iran to Afghanistan.
The flow of returnees from neighboring Iran and Pakistan this year, estimated by the United Nations to number more than half a million, is straining the capacity of the government and aid agencies, even as violence uproots more Afghans around the country, Reuters reported.
At Torkham, the busiest border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, nearly 170,000 Afghans have returned this year, according to the UN, many of them citing harassment by Pakistani authorities as relations between the two countries have deteriorated.
A cluster of white tents only a few hundred meters from the border marks the first facility operated by the UN, the Afghan government, and other aid agencies to provide aid for returnees before they look for a home in a country many have not seen in years.
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