‘Thrown out like trash’ from Iran, Afghans return to land they hardly know

ISLAMABAD: Ghulam Ali begins his days in pain, his muscles aching from hauling grain on a rickety cart through the streets of Kabul, homesick for the country he called home for nearly four decades. Ali is among more than 1.2 million Afghans deported from neighboring Iran since March 2024, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), after Tehran pledged mass deportations to counter mounting local discontent over refugees. Thousands have also fled this month after Israeli and US airstrikes hit Iranian military targets.

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