Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
KABUL, May 20 (Xinhua) — A total of 438 Afghan prisoners have been released from Pakistani jails and returned to Afghanistan in the past three days, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said on Tuesday.
The returnees, who received assistance at the Spin Boldak border crossing in Kandahar province in the south of the country and the Torkham border crossing in Nangarhar province in the east of the country, were taken to their home provinces, the statement said.
Over the past two weeks, nearly 1,000 Afghans held in Pakistan have been released and returned home.
An estimated 7 million Afghan refugees, many of them undocumented, still live abroad, mostly in neighboring Iran and Pakistan. –0–