Over 8,000 Afghan refugees return home from Pakistan, Iran in 2 days

Alsharq Tribune- Mohamed Otaify 

 A total of 1,667 Afghan families with 8,090 members returned to their homeland from neighboring Iran and Pakistan Friday and Saturday, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees Problems reported on Sunday.

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 point in western Herat province, and the Abrisham border crossing point 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 120,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland from Pakistan from April 1 to 24, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported on Thursday.

About 7 million Afghan refugees, most of whom are undocumented migrants, are currently living abroad, with most living in Afghanistan's Pakistan and Iran.