KABUL, Jun 25 (NNN-BNA) – A total of 1,685 Afghan families, with 7,474 members, returned to their homeland from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan yesterday, Afghanistan’s High Commission for Addressing Returnees Problems, said today.
The refugees 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, and the Pul-e-Abresham border crossing in western Nimroz province, it said.
The commission provides temporary shelters, nourishment, water, medical care, and transportation services, to their respective provinces for the returnees.
Nearly seven million Afghan refugees, most of whom are undocumented migrants, are currently living abroad, with most living in Iran and Pakistan.
The authorities of both countries have asked undocumented foreign nationals to end their illegal stay and return to their homeland.
The Afghan interim government has been repeatedly calling upon Afghan refugees to end living abroad as refugees, and return home to contribute to the rebuilding of their war-torn homeland.– NNN-BNA
