KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says 56 more Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland after being released from prisons in Pakistan.
These individuals returned to the country on June 24, the ministry announced in a brief post on its X handle on Wednesday.
Citing Spin Boldak-based officials in Kandahar, the ministry wrote the returnees spent one to seven days in jails and had been arrested in various parts of Pakistan.
After receiving humanitarian assistance on arrival in Afghanistan, the returnees were transported to their respective native areas, the ministry added.
On June 18 to 21, more than 500 Afghan migrants were released from Pakistani prisons and returned to the country.
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