A growing number of Afghan refugees are heading home after years of exile in Pakistan.
Tens of thousands have returned under a UNHCR led voluntary repatriation programme.
#Pakistan: 51.000 Afghanen kehren dank UNHCR in ihre Heimat zurück.
http://t.co/QKaV1BuAM2 #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/I5v2hVyFii— UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe (@unoflucht) August 29, 2015
The initiative comes as relations between Islamabad and Kabul grow evermore strained.
If the countries fail to reach a deal to extend the residence permits of 1.5 million Afghan refugees by December, the trickle of returnees will transform into a torrent.
Those arriving back in Afghanistan have survived a difficult past and face an uncertain future: “We went to Pakistan to escape bombing and insecurity in Afghanistan. I lost everything during the Civil War when we took refuge there. Now we are coming back home. Unfortunately the war is still on and still there is insecurity in the country. Right after the school attack in Pes
