This photograph taken on October 20, 2026 shows an elderly patient receiving treatment at a hospital in Sheberghan in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province. Over six million Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan in little over three years as the neighbouring countries have launched deportation drives after decades hosting those fleeing conflict. (Photo by Atif ARYAN / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on October 20, 2026 shows a burqa-clad woman with her children inside a hospital ward in Sheberghan in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province. Over six million Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan in little over three years as the neighbouring countries have launched deportation drives after decades hosting those fleeing conflict. (Photo by Atif ARYAN / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on October 20, 2026 shows labourer Abdul Qader Hotak speaking during an interview with AFP at Sheberghan in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province. Over six million Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan in little over three years as the neighbouring countries have launched deportation drives after decades hosting those fleeing conflict. (Photo by Atif ARYAN / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on October 20, 2026 shows daily wage labourers sitting along a road at Sheberghan in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province. Over six million Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan in little over three years as the neighbouring countries have launched deportation drives after decades hosting those fleeing conflict. (Photo by Atif ARYAN / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on October 20, 2026 shows mason Faqir Mohammad Khudabakhsh speaking during an interview with AFP at Sheberghan in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province. Over six million Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan in little over three years as the neighbouring countries have launched deportation drives after decades hosting those fleeing conflict. (Photo by Atif ARYAN / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on October 20, 2026 shows burqa-clad women with their children standing along a street in Sheberghan in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province. Over six million Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan in little over three years as the neighbouring countries have launched deportation drives after decades hosting those fleeing conflict. (Photo by Atif ARYAN / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on October 20, 2026 shows provincial information director Saifuddin Muhtasem speaking during an interview with AFP at his office in Sheberghan in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province. Over six million Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan in little over three years as the neighbouring countries have launched deportation drives after decades hosting those fleeing conflict. (Photo by Atif ARYAN / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on October 20, 2026 shows a burqa-clad woman walking through a market in Sheberghan in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province. Over six million Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan in little over three years as the neighbouring countries have launched deportation drives after decades hosting those fleeing conflict. (Photo by Atif ARYAN / AFP via Getty Images)