PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): With the onset of the harsh winter season, the United Nations has suspended the repatriation of Afghan refugees, but the prescheduled returns will proceed.
The repatriation of refugees would resume from March 1, 2017, UNHCR spokesman Asif Shehzad told a Pakistani newspaper. The UN agency has repatriated more than 377,749 refugees to their homeland from Pakistan.
From January 1 to November 10, the return of around 58,945 registered Afghan families was facilitated under the voluntary repatriation programme, Shahzad told Daily Times.
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