19:42, 23 February 2026

63 Azerbaijani families have returned to four villages in the Aghdere region.

Two hundred ninety-three people who fled the Karabakh conflict in the villages of Ashagi Oratag, Chyldyran, Chapar, and Heyvali in the Aghdere region have returned. Sixty-three families have received keys to their homes.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by December 24, 2025, 6,206 families (24,729 people) had returned to 31 settlements in the former Karabakh conflict zone.

Azerbaijanis from Karabakh settlements were forced to leave their homes after the start of the First Karabakh War. The return of the displaced persons began after Azerbaijan took control of these territories. On November 10, 2023, Azerbaijani authorities announced plans to resettle 140,000 people in Karabakh by 2026.

Currently, 29 families (141 people) are being resettled in Ashagi Oratag, 10 families (46 people) in Chyldyran, 7 families (22 people) in Chapar, and 17 families (84 people) in Heyvali, the publication Report reported today.

It is noted that ANAMA employees conducted mine safety training for citizens returning to their native lands and distributed relevant information booklets. Sixty-three families who resettled in the villages of Ashagy Oratag, Chyldyran, Chapar, and Heyvali in the Agdere district have been given keys to their apartments.

In total, taking this stage into account, 787 families (3,011 people) have been repatriated to nine villages in the Agdere district, the publication clarified.

These are former IDP families who were previously temporarily housed in various districts of the republic, primarily in dormitories, sanatoriums, and administrative buildings.

Internally displaced persons living in a lyceum dormitory in Baku complained about living conditions. More than 30 families from the Zangelan and Jabrayil districts were resettled in the building. The "Caucasian Knot" published a photo report by Aziz Karimov, "A hostel for internally displaced persons from the Karabakh conflict zone in Baku."

As a reminder, on September 19-20, 2023, Azerbaijan conducted large-scale military operations and took control of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which began a mass exodus of the Armenian population. By October 7, 2023, 100,632 internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh had arrived in Armenia, and by September 2024, only 14 Armenians remained in the region. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report "The Beginning and End of the Unrecognized Republic of Artsakh".

By August 2024, 2,036 families (7,901 people) of internally displaced persons (IDPs) had returned to the territories of Karabakh that had come under the control of Baku.

Azerbaijani analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" indicated that simply providing housing to IDPs who have returned to their cities is not enough. The authorities must create jobs and build infrastructure, they emphasized.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/421057