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title: "Returning to what? The challenges displaced Afghans face in securing durable solutions"
description: "This policy brief explores the situation faced by returnees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Afghanistan, calling for a collective approach across the humanitarian-development- peace nexus."
url: "https://www.nrc.no/resources/briefing-notes/returning-to-what-the-challenges-displaced-afghans-face-in-securing-usable-solutions"
language: "en"
published: "2018-11-27T07:55:44Z"
modified: "2018-11-27T07:55:44Z"
---

Briefing note

# Returning to what? The challenges displaced Afghans face in securing durable solutions

Published 27. Nov 2018

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[Afghanistan](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=29) [Return](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=334)

This policy brief explores the situation faced by returnees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Afghanistan, calling for a collective approach across the humanitarian-development- peace nexus.

Displaced persons in Afghanistan face ever-worsening situations as three studies presented in this policy brief highlight:

1. Returnees and IDPs suffer from worsening displacement-related protection needs;  
2. the support to mass number of recent returnees in Jalalabad remains short-term and focused on life-saving needs; and  
3. the lack of a systemic response to services and market integration all point to a lacking conducive and responsive environment for durable solutions.

- [Policy Brief - Afghanistan Returns](https://www.nrc.no/globalassets/pdf/nrc-policy_brief-return-screen1.pdf)