200,000 Afghan refugees return in exodus from Pakistan: UNHCR

200,000 Afghan refugees return in exodus from Pakistan: UNHCR Islamabad (AFP) Oct 4, 2016 - More than 200,000 Afghan refugees have been repatriated from Pakistan this year, nearly half of them in September alone, UNHCR said Tuesday, the highest number since 2002, after the fall of the Taliban regime. The tsunami of refugees returning to the war-torn country comes after Pakistan tightened its border controls in June and began cracking down on undocumented Afghans. The vast major ... more

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