The officials at the refugee camps at Torkham crossing said that an average of 100 families are crossing to Afghanistan on a daily basis as Pakistan continues to deport Afghan refugees.

The families are taken to their original places after they are provided with assistance, according to the officials.

“We have prepared a system that when the refugees arrive here, they are being provided with food assistance, clothes and jackets by the charity committee and organizations and us.  When they leave and go out from the exit gate, they are being provided with food and cash assistance,” said Iftikhar Mushfiq, deputy head of operations at the refugee camp at Torkham.

The officials said that the construction inside the camp is still underway.

Some of the newly deported Afghans meanwhile expressed concern that their needs have risen as the weather is getting cold.

“The government has promised to give us land, I hope it fulfills its promise,” said Amrullah, a recent deportee.

“The children are facing pneumonia problems. I have just had them in the clinic. We hope to be assisted with blankets and other materials. We don’t have any place,” said Gul Rahim, a new deportee.

“We have nothing. I ask the government to help us and give us land to construct a home for ourselves,” said Nabi Gul, a recent deportee.

According to officials, approximately 59,000 families have returned to the country since Pakistan began the deportation of Afghan refugees.