ISLAMABAD: The process of voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees to their country has resumed after a three-month hiatus.
Spokesman for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Qaiser Afridi, in a conversation with media representatives in Peshawar, said on Monday that repatriation will continue for the next nine months.
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He said two centers have been established in Nowshera and Quetta for the voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees, Radio Pakistan reported.
The spokesman said that at the time, around 1.4 million Afghan refugees were living in different cities of Pakistan.
He said that voluntary returnees of Afghan refugees will each receive $ 200 in Kandahar, Nangarhar and Kabul.
The Afghan peace accord is the key to building peace in the country, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said at a press conference yesterday.
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Qureshi, who was in Doha, the capital of Qatar, for a three-day visit, attended the historic signing ceremony for a peace agreement between the United States and the Afghan Taliban as the representative of Pakistan. .
According to the Pakistans, this agreement is a key development since the Afghan people want peace after a long war, he declared and congratulated the Taliban as well as the United States for this agreement.
