KABUL, May 3 (NNN-BNA) – A total of 3,172 Afghan families with 16,764 members returned to their homeland from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan, within the past four days, Afghanistan’s High Commission for Addressing Returnees Problems said, today.
The immigrants have come home via the Torkham border crossing, in eastern Nangarhar province, the Spin Boldak border crossing in southern Kandahar province, the Islam Qala border crossing in western Herat province, the Abrisham border crossing in western Nimroz province, and the Bahramcha border crossing in southern Helmand province, it said.
The commission provides temporary shelters, food, water, medical care, and transportation services to their respective provinces for the returnees.
Nearly 120,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland from Pakistan from Apr 1 to 24, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported.
About seven million Afghan refugees, most of whom are undocumented migrants, are currently living abroad, with most living in neighbouring Pakistan and Iran.
Recently, Pakistan and Iran have asked those undocumented Afghans to return to their home country.– NNN-BNA
