KABUL, Mar 17 (NNN-ANA) – Afghanistan’s caretaker government, formed a commission, to help Afghans, who left the country after the change of government, return to their homeland, the government said in a statement today.
“The Commission of Liaison and Repatriation of Afghan Personalities has been formed, under the supervision of Sheikh Shahabuddin Delawar, the acting minister of mines and petroleum, to help Afghans return to their motherland,” the statement said.
The formation of the body came, after a cabinet meeting was held, the statement said, adding, the commission has been formed in accordance with the decision of the cabinet.
The six-member commission will liaise with Afghans who have left the country, so that they can return to their homeland and live in peace with their Afghan brothers, instead of staying abroad, it said.
Many Afghan security forces and civil servants left Afghanistan, following the takeover by the Taliban in Aug last year.
In recent months, Sultan Massoud Daqiq, a leading expert on international development, Abdul Salam Rahimi, state minister for peace of the former Afghan government, several pilots of the Afghan airforce and a female mayor have returned to the country.
Earlier this month, Deputy Prime Minister of the caretaker government, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, called on Afghan investors to return to the country.
