{"id":4019,"date":"2025-12-23T12:15:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/23\/unicef-26-million-returnees-afghanistan-2025-drought-crisis\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T12:15:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:15:33","slug":"unicef-26-million-returnees-afghanistan-2025-drought-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/23\/unicef-26-million-returnees-afghanistan-2025-drought-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF Reports Over 2.6 Million Returnees to Afghanistan in 2025 Amid Worsening Drought Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that more than 2.6 million people returned to Afghanistan during 2025. This return coincides with a persistent drought, which has further exacerbated the difficult conditions faced by families, especially children.<\/p>\n<p>According to UNICEF, many children among the returning families lack access to basic living essentials and healthcare facilities, a situation that increases the risk of diseases in vulnerable areas.<\/p>\n<p>The organization adds that, with support from China and through its International Development Cooperation Agency, it is distributing health packages to returning families to meet some of their urgent needs.<\/p>\n<p>Halima, one of the mothers receiving these aid packages, stated that they could play a crucial role in protecting children&#8217;s health. However, aid organizations emphasize that without effective planning and accountability from the Taliban administration addressing the humanitarian crises, the needs will remain widespread and surpass temporary assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNICEF reports over 2.6 million people returned to Afghanistan in 2025 amid drought, worsening conditions for families and children despite aid efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4019","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\/4019","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=4019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}