KABUL, April 16 (Xinhua) -- A total of 82 Afghan inmates were released from Pakistani prisons and returned to their homeland over the past week, a news release from the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said on Thursday.
The detainees, held in various facilities across Pakistan on a range of charges, crossed back into the country via the Spin Boldak border crossing in southern Kandahar province. They received immediate humanitarian assistance there, before being transported to their respective home provinces for reintegration support, said the ministry.
The Afghan government has been repeatedly calling upon Afghan refugees, particularly undocumented refugees, to end living abroad as refugees and return home to contribute to the rebuilding of their war-torn homeland.
