What is Afghan refugees?
[[File:Map of Afghanese refugees following the Soviet invasion.png|thumb|Map showing the flow of Afghan refugees following the [[Soviet–Afghan War|Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]] in 1979]] [[File:Afghanistan Evacuation 210821-A-AB999-0019.jpg|thumb|Afghan evacuees boarding American aircraft during [[Operation Allies Refuge]] in 2021]] '''Afghan refugees''' are people from [[Afghanistan]] who had flee their country as a result of war or persecution. In 1978, the [[Saur Revolution]] occured followed by the 1979 [[Soviet–Afghan War|Soviet invasion]] which made a wave of refugee migration to neighboring [[Iran]] and [[Pakistan]], as well as internationally from there.<ref>{{cite book| last=Amstutz| first=J. Bruce| publisher=Diane Publishing| isbn=978-0-7881-1111-2| url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RUSNyMH1aFQC| title=Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation| year=1994|oclc=948347893}}</ref> Due to decades of continuous civil war, over 6 million Afghan refugees were living in Iran and Pakistan by 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/uscr-country-report-afghanistan-statistics-refugees-and-other-uprooted-people-jun |title=USCR Country Report Afghanistan: Statistics on refugees and other uprooted people |publisher=ReliefWeb |date=June 19, 2001 |access-date=2021-08-01}}</ref> Most refugees returned to Afghanistan following the 2001 [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|United States invasion]] and the end of the [[Taliban]] regime. However after 2021 when the Taliban came back to power, a number started to leave the country while others returned to [[Afghanistan]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Afghan people]] [[Category:Afghan refugees| ]]