Voluntary Return: Some two-thirds of the Afghans returning home in 2007 returned to the eastern provinces, where UNHCR and WFP plan to focus new livelihood projects. © UNHCR/R.Arnold
UNHCR helps more than 250,000 Afghans return home since January
Tuesday, 07 Oct. 2008
More than quarter-of-a-million Afghans have returned home with UNHCR help so far this year from Pakistan and Iran, many due to problems faced in exile.

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