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Refugee returnees to Afghanistan in 2021 by province

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Refugee Returnees by country of asylum

Country of origin	Source	Data date		Population
Pakistan	UNHCR	11 May 2022	60.8%	144
Iran (Islamic Rep. of)	UNHCR	11 May 2022	39.2%	93

Refugee Returnees by Province

Location name	Source	Data date		Population
Balkh	UNHCR, Government	11 May 2022	4.2%	10
Bamyan	UNHCR, Government	11 May 2022	0.4%	1
Faryab	UNHCR, Government	11 May 2022	1.7%	4
Helmand	UNHCR, Government	11 May 2022	0.4%	1
Herat	UNHCR, Government	11 May 2022	30.4%	72
Jowzjan	UNHCR, Government	11 May 2022	2.1%	5
Kabul	UNHCR, Government	11 May 2022	18.1%	43
Kandahar	UNHCR, Government	11 May 2022	4.6%	11
Kunduz	UNHCR, Government	11 May 2022	11.4%	27
Nangarhar	UNHCR, Government	11 May 2022	6.8%	16
Parwan	UNHCR, Government	11 May 2022	3.4%	8
Sar-e Pol	UNHCR, Government	11 May 2022	13.1%	31
Urozgan	UNHCR, Government	11 May 2022	3.4%	8

Refugees by Province

Location name	Source	Data date		Population
Herat	UNHCR	11 May 2022	0.0%	26
Kabul	UNHCR	11 May 2022	0.6%	378
Khost	UNHCR	11 May 2022	49.8%	33,475
Paktika	UNHCR	11 May 2022	49.6%	33,321

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