Afghans return from Iran amid economic crisis - Jerusalem Post

--> Thousands of Afghan citizens are returning from Iran because of an economic crisis that has worsened amid Iran’s conflict with the United States and Israel. At the Islam Qala border crossing in Afghanistan’s Herat province, migrants undergo document checks and registration after returning to a country where Taliban authorities significantly restrict women’s rights.
As the Jerusalem Post reports , Reuters journalists spoke over the course of a week with people who had returned from Iran to border areas of Herat and Farah provinces. Most of them said that before leaving, they had been without work for months and could not cope with rapidly rising inflation.
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