Tajikistan to set up camp for refugees from Afghanistan

AKIPRESS.COM - A temporary camp for refugees from Afghanistan will be set up in Khatlon region in south of Tajikistan, region governor Kurbon Hakimzoda told a press conference in Bohtar.
The construction of the refugee camp is handled by the Interior Ministry of Tajikistan in cooperation with international organizations.
The camp will be erected in Jaihun district. Kurbon Hakimzoda said hundreds of nationals of Afghanistan, military personnel among them, crossed the border into Tajikistan for the last several weeks. A tent camp was set up in Mumirak area, at the former training ground of the Russian military base.
All refugees, who fled to Tajikistan, were returned back to Afghanistan.