Afghanistan, Feb. 19 -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports that more than 18,000 Afghan nationals returned to Afghanistan from the cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi between the beginning and end of January this year.
On Wednesday, February 19, the IOM published a report stating that 9,846 individuals returned to Afghanistan during the second half of January alone. The returnees filed relevant forms related to their repatriation to Afghanistan between January 16 and 31, with 291 heads of families completing the forms.
According to the report, from September 2023 to date, a total of 824,568 individuals have returned to Afghanistan, with 18,577 people making the journey back in January, representing two percent of th...