{"id":19446,"date":"2026-08-10T12:08:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/08\/10\/taliban-unhcr-economic-challenges-afghan-returnees\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T12:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:08:32","slug":"taliban-unhcr-economic-challenges-afghan-returnees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/08\/10\/taliban-unhcr-economic-challenges-afghan-returnees\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Officials and UNHCR Highlight Livelihood Challenges for Returnees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As many returnees face economic and livelihood challenges, the Deputy of Publications at the Taliban&#8217;s Ministry of Information and Culture met with the Head of External Relations at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to discuss their situation.<\/p>\n<p>According to released information, the meeting focused on the economic and livelihood problems of returnees as well as increasing public awareness\u2014an issue that has recently become one of the primary concerns for returnee families.<\/p>\n<p>Mojahid Farahmand, Deputy of Publications at the Ministry of Information and Culture under the Taliban administration, emphasized the need to provide equal employment opportunities for returnees. This comes amid widespread complaints from many returnees about the lack of stable work and income.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Goodluck, Head of External Relations at UNHCR, also stressed the agency&#8217;s readiness to cooperate and coordinate with relevant departments during the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, the rate of Afghan returnees from neighboring countries has increased, and aid organizations have repeatedly warned about the urgent need for economic support and basic services for returnees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban officials and UNHCR discuss economic hardships faced by Afghan returnees, emphasizing job opportunities and urgent support amid rising returns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-migrant-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}