480 Afghan refugee families return home

KABUL, May 26 (Xinhua) -- A total of 480 Afghan refugee families returned to Afghanistan from the neighboring Pakistan and Iran on Sunday, reported the state-owned Bakhtar news agency on Monday.

All the former refugees, after returning to their homeland, have received necessary assistance at the crossing points, the report added.

More than 3,300 Afghan refugee families returned to their homeland from Iran and Pakistan last week.

About 7 million Afghan refugees have been living abroad, and reportedly, 2 million refugees, mostly from the neighboring Pakistan and Iran, have returned to Afghanistan over the past year as the host countries have asked undocumented refugees to return home. Enditem