Over 100,000 Afghan Refugees Return From Pakistan, XINHUA From: Xinhua (China) | Date: March 28, 2002 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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KABUL, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Over 100,000 Afghan refugees have returned from Pakistan since the start of the repatriation program jointly launched by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Afghanistan and Pakistan on March 1, a UNHCR press release said Thursday. With so many people repatriated in less than a month, the initial target of the program to repatriate 400,000 refugees from Pakistan in 2002 is expected to be surpassed. On Wednesday alone, 10,025 Afghan refugees from 1,880 families turned up in 645 vehicles to register at the Takhtaibaig ...