KUALA LUMPUR - Afghan authorities have completed and handed over 108 newly built houses in Farah province to families who recently returned to the country, offering much-needed shelter amid rising returns.

The official Bakhtar News Agency reported on May 3, according to Xinhua, that the housing project was aimed at supporting displaced families resettling in their homeland.

The houses were built at a cost of USD550,000 with funding from an international organisation and have been officially handed over to the beneficiaries.

Officials described the homes as essential support for families returning after years of displacement.

In the past three days alone, nearly 14,000 Afghan refugees have returned, with most entering through the Torkham border crossing in Nangarhar province and others through Spin Boldak in Kandahar and additional entry points.

The Farah housing project is part of a wider government plan to allocate land and build homes for returnees across the country.

Over the past year, nearly 3 million Afghans have returned from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan as both countries step up efforts to repatriate undocumented migrants.