'I've never been to Afghanistan': Six million deportees forced to start over under the Taliban
As of August, the number forced to return this year from Pakistan and Iran had reached another million.
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""In a little under three years, we've seen six million people, a population that is itself the size of a small country, come back to Afghanistan.""
— Charlie Goodlake , Other
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As of August, the number forced to return this year from Pakistan and Iran had reached another million.
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