Over 6,500 Afghan refugees return home from Pakistan, Iran in one day
The commission provides temporary shelters, nourishment, water, medical care, and transportation services to their respective provinces for the returnees.
KABUL: A total of 1,127 Afghan families with 6,774 people returned to their homeland from neighboring Iran and Pakistan on Wednesday, Afghanistan’s High Commission for Addressing Returnees Problems said in a statement Thursday.
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.
The commission provides temporary shelters, nourishment, water, medical care, and transportation services to their respective provinces for the returnees.
Nearly 2 million Afghans have reportedly returned home from the said countries in the past year.
The Pakistani government is set to deport 3 million Afghans to their home country in 2025, while Iranian officials have asked undocumented foreign nationals to put an end to their illegal stay and return to their homes.
About 7 million Afghan refugees, most of whom are undocumented migrants, are currently living abroad, with most living in Afghanistan’s neighboring Pakistan and Iran.
-Xinhua
