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Over 4,000 Afghan refugees return home from Pakistan, Iran
By Xinhua Published: Apr 23, 2025 10:42 AM
An Afghan child is seen at a refugee camp in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, April 22, 2025. A total of 874 Afghan families with 4,082 people returned to their homeland from neighboring Iran and Pakistan on Sunday, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees' Problems said in a statement Monday. (Photo: Xinhua)

An Afghan child is seen at a refugee camp in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, April 22, 2025. A total of 874 Afghan families with 4,082 people returned to their homeland from neighboring Iran and Pakistan on Sunday, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees' Problems said in a statement Monday. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
Afghan children are seen at a refugee camp in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, April 22, 2025. A total of 874 Afghan families with 4,082 people returned to their homeland from neighboring Iran and Pakistan on Sunday, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees' Problems said in a statement Monday. (Photo: Xinhua)

Afghan children are seen at a refugee camp in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, April 22, 2025. A total of 874 Afghan families with 4,082 people returned to their homeland from neighboring Iran and Pakistan on Sunday, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees' Problems said in a statement Monday. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
Afghan children are seen at a refugee camp in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, April 22, 2025. A total of 874 Afghan families with 4,082 people returned to their homeland from neighboring Iran and Pakistan on Sunday, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees' Problems said in a statement Monday. (Photo: Xinhua)

Afghan children are seen at a refugee camp in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, April 22, 2025. A total of 874 Afghan families with 4,082 people returned to their homeland from neighboring Iran and Pakistan on Sunday, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees' Problems said in a statement Monday. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
Afghan refugees are seen at a refugee camp in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, April 22, 2025. A total of 874 Afghan families with 4,082 people returned to their homeland from neighboring Iran and Pakistan on Sunday, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees' Problems said in a statement Monday. (Photo: Xinhua)

Afghan refugees are seen at a refugee camp in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, April 22, 2025. A total of 874 Afghan families with 4,082 people returned to their homeland from neighboring Iran and Pakistan on Sunday, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees' Problems said in a statement Monday. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
A total of 874 Afghan families with 4,082 people returned to their homeland from neighboring Iran and Pakistan on Sunday, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees' Problems said in a statement Monday.

According to the statement, the refugees have repatriated home via the Torkham border crossing in eastern Nangarhar province, the Spin Boldak border crossing in southern Kandahar province, and the Islam Qala border point in western Herat province.

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

The Afghan interim government has been urging Afghan migrants living abroad to return home and contribute to rebuilding their war-ravaged country.