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Repatriation of Afghan Refugees from Pakistan Resumes

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

refugeeThe repatriation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan resumed on Monday after four months delay, following the attack in Pakistan that forced the country close the crossing points.

Afghan refugees were stranded on the border despite holding legal documents.

The refugees said that they were being beaten and detained by Pakistani officials on charges of having links with the insurgent groups and even being forced to pay extortion.

According to officials, 600 Afghan refugees expected to return to their homeland on daily bases, and the government pays over 3,000 Afghanis for each returnees.

Last year, thousands of Afghan refugees returned to their country from Pakistan in what the world’s top human rights group called largest unlawful mass forced return of refugees in recent times.

Around 1.3 million registered Afghan refugees are living in Pakistan and according to UNHCR, about 16,000 of them based in Khyber-Pakhtuknhwa province have been registered to head home.

The repatriation of Afghan refugees usually starts on 1st of March but this time it was delayed due to over a month-long closure of border between the two countries.

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More than 800 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan in two days

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(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

As many as 837 Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their country through Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings in the last two days, officials announced on Saturday.

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said in a statement that 90 families comprising 468 people returned through Torkham crossing.

Another 67 families comprising 369 people returned through Spin Boldak crossing, it said.

The returnees have been introduced to international organizations to receive aid, and the Islamic Emirate has also paid 10,000 Afghanis to each family.

Pakistani government launched the second phase of deporting illegal refugees five days ago.

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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners

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(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.

Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.

This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.

Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.

Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.

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Roof collapse kills two in Helmand

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(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.

Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.

According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.

This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.

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