KABUL (Pajhwok): Over 500,000 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan since November last year after Pakistan announced deportation of undocumented migrants from its soil, according to United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on Friday.
The UN agency on its Twitter handle wrote: “In Jan 2024, the number of Afghans returning from Pakistan surpassed 500K, with 84% of those returning in the last quarter of 2023.”
The agency added: “Partners are responding to their needs, but funds are urgently required for sustainable solutions, including for host communities.”
According to the facts and figures provided by the UNOCHA 324,700 Afghans returned via Torkham and 172,600 returned to the country via Spinboldak.
1,500 people had returned via Badini and 9,300 people returned to the country via Ghulam Khan.
Of the returning individuals were 48 percent female and 52 percent male.
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