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  2. Afghan refugees - Wikipedia

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    Over 6 million Afghan refugees were residing in Iran and Pakistan by 2000. [4] Most refugees returned to Afghanistan following the 2001 United States invasion and overthrow of the Taliban regime. [5] [6] [7] Between 2002 and 2012, 5.7 million refugees returned to Afghanistan, increasing the country's population by 25%. [8]

  3. Afghanistan's economic collapse could prompt refugee crisis - IMF

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    Afghanistan's economy is set to contract up to 30% this year and this is likely to further fuel a refugee crisis that will impact neighbouring countries, Turkey and Europe, the International ...

  4. Exclusive-Trump to pull nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees from ...

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    Those being removed from flights also include an unknown number of Afghans who fought for the former U.S.-backed Kabul government and some 200 unaccompanied children of Afghan refugees or Afghan ...

  5. War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) - Wikipedia

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    While more than 5.7 million former refugees returned to Afghanistan after the 2001 invasion, [90] by the time the Taliban returned to power in 2021, 2.6 million Afghans remained refugees, [91] while another 4 million were internally displaced. [92] [93]

  6. Refugee crisis - Wikipedia

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    The first country was the Syrian Arab Republic with 6.5 million refugees, followed by Ukraine with 5.7 million, and Afghanistan, ranking third with 5.7 million refugees. [2] In 2022, the government reported approximately 113,300 refugees who resettled, while UNHCR documented 116,500 refugees relocated to states for resettlement.

  7. Operation Allies Refuge - Wikipedia

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    Operation Allies Refuge was an evacuation effort carried out by the United States during the 2021 Taliban offensive.It took place in the final weeks of the War in Afghanistan and saw the airlifting of certain at-risk Afghan civilians (particularly coalition-allied interpreters), employees of the American embassy in Kabul, and other prospective applicants for the U.S. Special Immigrant Visa (SIV).

  8. Afghans told to leave Kabul airport over 'very credible ...

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    The U.S. embassy in Kabul advised citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and said those already at the gates should leave immediately, citing unspecified "security threats."

  9. Afghan conflict - Wikipedia

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    Despite the call to have some refugees admitted to the U.S. after the withdrawal of NATO troops, only a tiny percentage of vulnerable Afghans seeking to move to the United States under a refugee resettlement program were admitted to the U.S. Refugees admitted through the P-2 criteria by the State Department's pre-existing Priority 1 program had ...