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Volunteer repatriation of Afghan refugees starts

PESHAWAR: The process of volunteer repatriation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan started here on Monday.

UN High Commissioner for Afghan Refugees, Qaiser Afridi said for those Afghan refugees, willing to repatriate voluntarily to Afghanistan a registration center has been established in Azakhel area of Nowshera district.

He informed that registration of repatriating Afghan refugees would be carried out only on Monday and Tuesday.

He said a sub office of UN High Commissioner for Afghan refugees would provide 200 dollars to every repatriating family after its settlement in Afghanistan.

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.