Kabul, Aug. 23 -- A total of 1,693 Afghan refugee families, totalling 6,202 individuals, returned to their homeland, Afghanistan, from the neighbouring Iran and Pakistan on Friday, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees Problems announced Saturday.

The returnees crossed into Afghanistan through the Islam Qala border crossing in western Herat province, the Torkham border crossing in eastern Nangarhar province, the Spin Boldak border crossing in southern Kandahar province, and the Abrisham border crossing in western Nimroz province, it said.

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