Kabul, Aug. 29 -- A total of 2,844 Afghan refugee families, totaling 13,662 individuals, returned to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan on Thursday, Afghanistan's High Commission for Addressing Returnees Problems announced Friday.

The returnees returned to 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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