KABUL, May 20 (Xinhua) -- A total of 438 Afghan inmates were released from Pakistani prisons and returned to Afghanistan in the past three days, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation reported on Tuesday.
The returnees, after receiving assistance at the Spin Boldak border crossing in southern Kandahar province and the Torkham border crossing in eastern Nangarhar province, were transported to their home provinces, it said.
Nearly 1,000 Afghan inmates imprisoned in Pakistan were released and returned to their homeland in the past two weeks.
An estimated 7 million Afghan refugees, many undocumented, still reside abroad, primarily in neighboring Iran and Pakistan.
