Over 950,000 Afghans returned home in one year, say Taliban officials
ISTANBUL (AA): More than 952,000 Afghan refugees returned home over the last year from neighboring countries, the interim Taliban administration said Wednesday.
According to the interim Ministry of Refugee and Repatriations, 952,589 Afghan refugees returned to Afghanistan from Iran, Pakistan and other countries over the past year, state news agency BNA reported.
The ministry released the figures at a press conference under the interim government’s “IEA accountability program,” official BNA News reported.
The Taliban, who returned to power in August 2021, call themselves the “Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan” or the IEA.
More than 8 million Afghans have been driven out of their country by conflict, violence and poverty, according to UN data.
A vast majority of Afghan refugees have been living in neighboring Pakistan and Iran ever since the US launched its war on the country in early 2001.
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