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Frud Bezhan, penns an excellent article on the subject on RFERL here, excerpts below:
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But then one night, Pakistani police stormed his home and ordered his family to leave. When Naimatullah refused, he says police beat him up and detained his younger brother. The next day, the authorities leveled his home, located in a predominately Afghan neighborhood.
Now, Naimatullah finds himself living in squalor in a makeshift refugee camp on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, Kabul. He has no job and lives off the meager handouts he receives from the government and foreign aid groups.
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"There were 1,300 Afghan households in Sialkot," says Naimatullah, who came to Kabul with little more than the clothes on his back. "Within a day, the authorities got rid of all the Afghans in the town. I'm witness to the mass evictions."
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One of them is Latifa, a mother of four who was evicted from her home in Darra Adam Khel, a town in northwest Pakistan, where she has resided for nearly 20 years. She says thousands of Afghans are fleeing Pakistan in the face of intimidation and harassment from authorities.
"They destroyed our house. "They came and told us to leave," says Latifa, who arrived in Kabul several months ago. "We pleaded with them to give us more time to move. But one night they brought bulldozers and destroyed our home."
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"We want the government to give us shelter, jobs, and tents," Naimatullah says while comforting his young child on his lap. "My children need to go to school."
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But then one night, Pakistani police stormed his home and ordered his family to leave. When Naimatullah refused, he says police beat him up and detained his younger brother. The next day, the authorities leveled his home, located in a predominately Afghan neighborhood.
Now, Naimatullah finds himself living in squalor in a makeshift refugee camp on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, Kabul. He has no job and lives off the meager handouts he receives from the government and foreign aid groups.
....
"There were 1,300 Afghan households in Sialkot," says Naimatullah, who came to Kabul with little more than the clothes on his back. "Within a day, the authorities got rid of all the Afghans in the town. I'm witness to the mass evictions."
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One of them is Latifa, a mother of four who was evicted from her home in Darra Adam Khel, a town in northwest Pakistan, where she has resided for nearly 20 years. She says thousands of Afghans are fleeing Pakistan in the face of intimidation and harassment from authorities.
"They destroyed our house. "They came and told us to leave," says Latifa, who arrived in Kabul several months ago. "We pleaded with them to give us more time to move. But one night they brought bulldozers and destroyed our home."
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"We want the government to give us shelter, jobs, and tents," Naimatullah says while comforting his young child on his lap. "My children need to go to school."
