JALALABAD (Pajhwok): After a 10-day closure of the Torkham crossing, 545 Afghan families returned to the country from Pakistan during the past two days, the Refugees and Repatriation Department of eastern Nangarhar province said on Monday.
The Torkham crossing was closed against pedestrians and all types of vehicular traffic after the security forces of Afghanistan and Pakistan traded fire. The gate was reopened on Friday morning.
Baz Mohammad Abdul Rahman, Nangarhar refugees and repatriation director, told Pajhwok Afghan News 545 families returned to the country during the past two days through Torkham crossing.
Abdul Rahman said 400 families returned . . .
