UN Report Reveals Afghanistan on the Brink Amid Mass Migrant Returns — A Warning for America’s Border Security

The United Nations has issued a stark warning: Afghanistan is teetering on the edge of collapse as an unprecedented wave of migrants returns from Pakistan and Iran. Since October 2023, more than 5.4 million Afghans have been pushed back into their homeland, a number nearly equivalent to one-eighth of the country’s population. This surge follows aggressive crackdowns by Pakistan and Iran against undocumented migrants, forcing millions who had long settled abroad—some born decades ago in Pakistan—to return abruptly. The speed and scale of these returns strain Afghanistan's already fragile infrastructure and economy under Taliban rule. Is the World Ignoring a...