KABUL, Nov 13 (NNN-ANA) – More than 6,000 Afghan refugees returned to their home country from Pakistan in a single day on Saturday, a statement of the Ministry for Refugees and Repatriation said, yesterday.
A total of 1,051 families, comprising of 6,001 persons, used to live in Pakistan for years, and returned to their homeland via the Torkham and Spin Boldak crossing points, on Saturday, the statement added.
More than 200,000 Afghan refugees have reportedly returned to their homeland, Afghanistan, following Islamabad’s decision to deport undocumented refugees living in Pakistan.
More than 2.5 million Afghan refugees have reportedly been living in Pakistan.
Afghan caretaker administration said, it will provide necessary facilities, including temporary shelters, to the returnees ahead of winter.– NNN-ANA
