Kabul, May 8 (UNI) A total of 2,276 Afghan families with 12,565 members returned to their homeland from neighboring Iran and Pakistan from Sunday to Tuesday, Afghanistan’s High Commission for Addressing Returnees Problems said Wednesday.
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 crossing in western Herat province, and the Abrisham border crossing 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.
In April, more than 250,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland from Pakistan and Iran, according to the UNHCR on Sunday.
Nearly 7 million Afghan refugees, most of whom are undocumented migrants, are currently living abroad, with most living in Iran and Pakistan.
The authorities of both countries have asked undocumented foreign nationals to end their illegal stay and return to their homes.
The Afghan interim government has been repeatedly calling upon Afghan refugees to end living abroad as refugees and return home to contribute to the rebuilding of their war-torn homeland.
