KABUL, Dec 27 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Afghan authorities will build a new residential township to accommodate 4,000 returnee families in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province, according to the local media outlet TOLOnews on Saturday, reported Xinhua.
The township will be constructed on 3,000 acres (1,214 hectares) of land in Kandahar's Zhari district and will include residential plots along with key public facilities such as schools, health centres, and water supply networks, the report said.
The land allocation process for returning families is already underway in Daman and Zhari districts, benefiting about 5,000 families, while additional housing projects are planned in several districts to address the needs of returnees nationwide, the report added.
Afghanistan has experienced a notable increase in migrant returnees in recent months, and data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) shows that nearly 2.8 million Afghans have returned from neighbouring countries so far this year.
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