280,000 Afghan refugees repatriated from Pakistan this year

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Almost 280,000 Afghan refugees have been repatriated from Pakistan under the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) repatriation programme this year.

A spokesman of UNHCR said that about five thousand Afghan refugees are being repatriated to Afghanistan daily.

Besides cash assistance from UNHCR, the returning refugees are also being provided free accommodation in Nangarhar and Wardak provinces.