KABUL, Apr 23 (NNN-BNA) – A total of 874 Afghan families, with 4,082 people, returned to their homeland from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan, on Sunday, Afghanistan’s High Commission for Addressing Returnees’ Problems said, in a statement.
According to the statement, the refugees have repatriated home via the Torkham border crossing, in eastern Nangarhar province, the Spin Boldak border crossing in southern Kandahar province, and the Islam Qala border point, in western Herat province.
About seven million Afghan refugees, most of whom are undocumented migrants, are currently living abroad, with most living in Afghanistan’s neighbouring Pakistan and Iran.
The Afghan interim government has been urging Afghan migrants living abroad, to return home and contribute to rebuilding their war-ravaged country.– NNN-BNA
