KABUL, Apr 22 (NNN-ANA) – More than 800 Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland from neighbouring Pakistan on Friday and Thursday, Afghanistan’s Ministry for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs, said.
A total of 837 refugees returned from Pakistan via the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossing points to Afghanistan, the ministry said in a statement, posted on its X account.
The Pakistani government reportedly started the second phase of sending back Afghan migrants from Apr 15, and more than 550,000 Afghan refugees returned from Pakistan in the first phase, according to Afghan officials.
The Afghan caretaker government has repeatedly urged Afghan migrants living abroad, to return home and contribute to rebuilding their war-torn country.– NNN-ANA
