One hundred and thirty families consisting on 560 individuals Friday left for their homeland under voluntary repatriation programme launched by United Nations High Commission for Refugees in 2002. All these repatriates, in buses and trucks, belonged to Afghan refugees' camp set up here along Super Highway in 1985. They were destined to Kabul, Qandhar and Sandus and would enter Afghanistan from Chaman, Balochistan, told Tahira Gulafshan, Chief of UNHCR?s City Office here, on the occasion of departure of the refugees. She said from 1,200 to 1,500 refugees were repatriating in a week from Karachi under this scheme. Three operations were being carried out over a week.
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