KABUL, Dec 28 (NNN-BNA) – Afghan authorities will build a new residential township, to accommodate 4,000 returnee families, in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, the local media outlet, Tolo news reported, yesterday.
The township will be constructed on 3,000 acres of land in Kandahar’s Zhari district, and will include residential plots, along with key public facilities, such as schools, health centres, and water supply networks, the report said.
The land allocation process for returning families is already underway in Daman and Zhari districts of this province, benefiting about 5,000 families, and additional housing projects are planned in several other districts, to address the needs of returnee families nationwide.
Afghanistan has experienced a notable increase in migrant returnees in recent months, and data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), shows that, nearly 2.8 million Afghans have returned from neighbouring countries, so far this year.– NNN-BNA