Pakistan has expelled 852 Afghan families, comprising a total of 4,567 individuals, through its ongoing deportation campaign, Afghanistan’s High Commission for Addressing Returnees Problems confirmed on Monday.
According to the commission, the families have returned to their homeland in Afghanistan via the Torkham border crossing in eastern Nangarhar and the Spin Boldak border crossing in southern Kandahar province.
At the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the commission provides temporary shelters, nourishment, water, medical care, and transportation services to their respective provinces for the returnees.
The Pakistani government is set to deport three million Afghans to their home country this year.
Currently, around seven million Afghans reside abroad, with the majority seeking refuge in neighboring Pakistan and Iran.
The Taliban-led interim government in Kabul has consistently urged its citizens living abroad to return home and take part in rebuilding the nation after decades of war and instability.
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