The Afghan government has announced that a total of 14,539 Afghan refugee families returned to the country from neighbouring Pakistan and Iran over the past month. The total number of returned Afghan refugee families has reached 97,277. The majority of the returnees came from Pakistan.

Deputy spokesperson for the Afghan government, Hamdullah Fitrat, said in a social media post that the returnees entered Afghanistan through the Islam Qala border in western Herat province, the Torkham crossing point in eastern Nangarhar province, Spin Boldak in southern Kandahar province, Pul-e-Abresham in western Nimroz province, and Bahramcha in southern Helmand province.