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272 IDPs helped return to their provinces

KABUL: As many as 272 Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) have been helped return to their native provinces from the capital Kabul, an official from the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said Sunday.
Under a coordinated program by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Kabul provincial Directorate of Refugees and Repatriation, 272 internally displaced families have been helped return their homes, in Ghazni, Bamyan, Daikundi and Maidan Wardak provinces, Deputy Minister of Refugees and Repatriation, Mohammad Arsalan Kharoti told media.
Each family was given up to 200 U.S. dollars by the UNHCR while being sent back to their homes, according to the deputy minister.
“We are happy to return to our province as we see firm countrywide security,” Siddiq head of five-family members displaced from Afghanistan central Daikundi province, said.
Siddiq who lived in a rental house for one year in Kabul, said that he has now been going to his province and there he will resume work on agriculture and animal husbandry.
Mohammad Nasim, another person who left his home in Ghazni two years ago, also expressed happiness to return home, as here in Kabul, he faced lots of difficulties.
“In the past, it was war and insecurity in our province, Ghazni. This is why we moved to Kabul, but here, we faced harsh economic problems,” Nasim who is the breadwinner of his seven-member family and rented a 2-room house for 4,000 Afghanis (some 55 U.S. dollar) in Kabul, told media.
The returnees wanted continued assistances from the organs concerned.
According to the ministry’s officials, those returning to their homes would be covered by the aid agencies in their provinces.
Up to 6,000 displaced families, residing in Kabul, have been reportedly assisted and sent back to their provinces over the recent one year.
The Kabul Times

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The Kabul times, Afghanistan Trustable News Agency.