Afghan refugees are seen at a border crossing point in Nimroz Province, Afghanistan, June 26, 2023. More than 74,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland Afghanistan from neighboring Iran over the past month, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Monday. (Photo by Azizi/Xinhua)
KABUL, June 26 (Xinhua) -- More than 74,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland Afghanistan from neighboring Iran over the past month, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Monday.
A total of 74,036 Afghan refugees who used to stay as refugees in Iran for years returned to their homeland via Afghanistan's Nimroz province over the past month, and the process continues, the report said.
According to the news agency, the number of refugees returning from Iran over the past three months reached 138,151, as 64,115 refugees returned to Afghanistan from early April to mid-May.
More than 2.5 million registered Afghan refugees reportedly have been living in Iran and about the same number of Afghan refugees are in Pakistan.
The Afghan caretaker government has been calling upon Afghan refugees living abroad to return home and contribute to the reconstruction of their war-ravaged country. ■
Afghan refugees are seen at a border crossing point in Nimroz Province, Afghanistan, June 26, 2023. More than 74,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland Afghanistan from neighboring Iran over the past month, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Monday. (Photo by Azizi/Xinhua)
