272 Afghan IDPs return to home provinces from Kabul

STORY: 272 Afghan IDPs return to home provinces from Kabul DATELINE: July 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:34 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of internally displaced persons STORYLINE: A total of 272 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were sent back to their home provinces from the capital Kabul on Sunday, Deputy Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs Arsala Kharoti of the Afghan caretaker government said. With the help provided under a coordinated program by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office and the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation Affairs, the IDPs were sent back to their homes in Ghazni, Bamyan, Daikundi and Wardak provinces. According to the deputy minister, each family was offered up to 200 U.S. dollars by the UNHCR for returning to their homes. According to officials with the ministry for refugees and repatriation affairs, those returning to their homes would get help from local aid agencies. Up to 6,000 displaced families resid