PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Only 1,000 registered Afghan refugees have returned to their country from Pakistan so far during the current year, a media report said on Saturday.
The UNHCR-sponsored voluntary repatriation of registered Afghan refugees saw a sharp decline in the current year, Dawn reported, citing officials.
In the corresponding period last year, the newspaper recalled, 1,597 registered refugees had returned to their homeland,
The record downturn in the return of refugees was tied to the Covid-19 pandemic in the region and . . .
