PESHAWAR: Under the International Forced Repatriation Programme (IFRP-KP), Pakistan has repatriated more than 502,000 Afghan refugees through the Torkham border, according to the KP Home and Tribal Affairs Department.
On April 12 alone, 4,123 Afghan nationals — including 1,458 Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders and 2,665 undocumented migrants — were sent back via Torkham. The vast majority of returnees, over 486,000, were undocumented.
Repatriations are also underway through other border points including Angoor Adda, Ghulam Khan, Kharlachi, and Sost. From the China border alone, 698 ACC holders have returned.
Additionally, 213 ACC holders and 543 undocumented migrants from Islamabad, Punjab, AJK, Sindh, and Gilgit have been transferred to KP for deportation. At transit points in Landi Kotal and Kohat Jail, 2,102 Afghans have been repatriated.
Officials noted a surge in voluntary returns, with over 3,300 Afghan nationals leaving of their own accord on April 12.
The PDMA is providing food, shelter, and emergency medical aid to returnees, while control rooms at PDMA and the Home Department are monitoring the process.
Pakistan currently hosts around 2.8 million registered Afghan refugees, with millions more residing without documentation — most of them in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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