Xinhua Net: Voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan to resume in March

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March 01: Xinhua Net report by Huaxia states that the UN refugee agency's voluntary repatriation program for registered Afghan refugees from Pakistan will resume on Thursday after the winter break, the agency said here Wednesday. Based upon the agreement among the governments of Afghanistan, Pakistan and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the voluntary repatriation operation had been suspended for the winter period from Dec. 1, 2017 to Feb. 28, 2018.