Why Afghan refugee women in Pakistan fear repatriation

[Zibago]

Kuch Khuda ka khof kro Khan sahab.Waqt badaltay dair nai lagti.

Isi liye to apney mafadat ko samney rakhtey hein

 

[hussain0216]

No space for people with no loyalty to Pakistan

 

[B.K.N]

This article is what is called emotional blackmailing

 

[El Sidd]

This article is what is called emotional blackmailing

Its PTI/PTM/PPP Media Team.

 

[Zibago]

Its PTI/PTM/PPP Media Team.

Aljazeera? Labaik aliya no akho chawalaan kat maran

 

[El Sidd]

Aljazeera? Labaik aliya no akho chawalaan kat maran

Qatar has good links with all of them.

 

[Sunan]

Isi liye to apney mafadat ko samney rakhtey hein

Duo kro dusray mulkon nay apnay mafadat ko samnay na rakh lia warna overseas pakistanio ka kya banay ga.Yeah mafad nai khalis NAFRAT hai

 

[El Sidd]

Duo kro dusray mulkon nay apnay mafadat ko samnay na rakh lia warna overseas pakistanio ka kya banay ga.Yeah mafad nai khalis NAFRAT hai

hum itne fascist to nahi they hahaha

 

[Zibago]

Qatar has good links with all of them.

Ji janab aey saajish ghauri aloya di ey ya firlabaik aliya ney khud banayi ey?

Duo kro dusray mulkon nay apnay mafadat ko samnay na rakh lia warna overseas pakistanio ka kya banay ga.Yeah mafad nai khalis NAFRAT hai

Unhon ney aoney mafadat ko samney raoha hey isi liye har saal lakhon deport hotey hain

Duo kro dusray mulkon nay apnay mafadat ko samnay na rakh lia warna overseas pakistanio ka kya banay ga.Yeah mafad nai khalis NAFRAT hai

Hate is a powerful feeing if directed well can achieve wonders

 

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FEATURE /AFGHANISTAN
Why Afghan refugee women in Pakistan fear repatriation
Women living in Pakistani camps worry about cycle of violence and their children possibly being recruited as 'soldiers'.

by Mahwish Qayyum
09 May 2019 GMT+3
Islamabad, Pakistan - Female refugees in Pakistan have told Al Jazeera that they are reluctant to return to Afghanistan because they fear violence and the forced recruitment of their children as child soldiers.


They also cited the lack of access to education and poor healthcare facilities as further reasons why they do not want to go back, as the UN refugee agency's voluntary repatriation programme targets some of Pakistan's 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees.

Khor Bibi, a 50-year-old widow from Kabul, told Al Jazeera that she worries for her family's safety.

"My husband died in a blast in Kabul in 2015 which terrified me and made me to think about the security of my children. After my husband's death, [we] migrated to Pakistan for survival," she said, adding that her husband was the family's breadwinner and his death had "perished my life completely".

"I don't have the courage to lose my children in the never-ending conflict," said Bibi. "Although living here in a refugee camp is cumbersome, at least we are living with satisfaction that our lives are safe here. We feel secure here and do not want to go back."

In 2017, according to Human Rights Watch, at least 2,000 civilians were killed in attacks across Afghanistan.

In 2018,according to UN figures, there were 3,804 deaths - a record - and 7,189 injuries.

Over the past 10 years, more than 32,000 civilians have been killed and 60,000 have been wounded in Afghanistan.

In the first quarter of 2019, UNAMA has documented581 civilian deaths, including 150 children killed.

Khor Bibi's husband was killed in a blast and said she would fear for her family's safety if they were to be repatriated [Mahwish Qayyum/Al Jazeera]

Asghari, a refugee from the eastern Afghan province Laghman, said: "We don't want to go back to war-stricken Afghanistan because of the fear of recruitment of children as child soldiers by armed groups."

She claimed that fighters and security forces pressure families to recruit their children for military operations.

If they deny, she alleged that Talibanfighters have reportedly threatened to either kill male members of the family or destroy the family home.

"Children are also being kidnapped by anti-state elements to become suicide bombers, plant improvised explosive devices (IEDs) or carry out other terrorist activities.

"I don't want my children to be recruited as child soldiers, that's why I don't want to return.

"We also do not have a house or property in Afghanistan, so why should we go?"

A UN report from May last year verified 84 cases of the recruitment and use of boys in Afghan conflicts in 2017.

They were used as suicide bombers, for combat, as bodyguards at checkpoints, to assist in intelligence gathering and plant IEDs.

The UNHCR's Voluntary Repatriation Programme for registered Afghan refugees began on March 1; so far 1,200 refugees have been returned.

When they do reach home, the agency gives them each $200.

Between 2002-2019, a total of 4.4 million refugees have been repatriated.

Gul Dana, a refugee from Kunduz, said a 13-year-old boy in her extended family was killed in a blast near a school several years ago.

"I want to educate my children," she told Al Jazeera, "and get rid of the vicious cycle of poverty - but it's not possible in Afghanistan."

Schools regularly come under attack in Afghanistan.

"Because of the ongoing conflict and damaged infrastructure of schools in Afghanistan, most children are out of school and poverty pushes them into child labour," said Dana.

A UNICEF reportpublished in June 2018 reveals nearly half of the children aged between seven and 17 years old - 3.7 million in Afghanistan - are being deprived of school. Sixty percent of them are girls.

An Afghan refugee girl waits with others to have a medical check-up at a health clinic setup by the UNHCR to mark World Refugee Day in Islamabad June 20, 2014 [File: Faisal Mahmood/Reuters]

Besides education, Dana fears having little or no access to healthcare. The World Health Organization in 2017 said 24 health facilities were attacked and damaged, while 164 were forced to close temporarily because of insecurity and conflict.

Many of the women Al Jazeera spoke to also worried about the Taliban's record on denying women's rights, as peace talks include negotiations with the armed group.

Dana said that if a woman goes to the market without a male guardian in Afghanistan and is caught by the Taliban, she faces lashes.

There have been recent reports of the Taliban flogging women in Afghanistan, which have added to concerns.

Ijaz Khan, a professor of international relations department at the University of Peshawar, said in Taliban-controlled areas, women's rights continue to be violated.

He explained that compared with men, women do not have the same access to education and cannot leave the house without a male relative. He fears that if the Taliban shares power under a peace deal, it would reverse whatever progress that has been made.
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/indep...kistan-fear-repatriation-190508203445898.html

When will we Pakistanis learn the basics of handling humans.
I say, whole pashtoon belt of Afghanistan can join Pakistan in one day, ager ham khud insan k bachy banjain tu.
Allah hamain hidayat dy, or uspe khud chalady, werna ham khud tu nahi chalaingy.

 

[El Sidd]

Ji janab aey saajish ghauri aloya di ey ya firlabaik aliya ney khud banayi ey?

Ask around. people will tell you cosplay boy

 

[Sunan]

Ji janab aey saajish ghauri aloya di ey ya firlabaik aliya ney khud banayi ey?


Unhon ney aoney mafadat ko samney raoha hey isi liye har saal lakhon deport hotey hain


Hate is a powerful feeing if directed well can achieve wonders

Fine Nafrat ki aag may jaltay raho.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

But wait.... I thought life was terrible in pashtoon parts of Pak.... Western media like M Ilyas Khan of BBC fame would have us believe Pak abuses pashtoons and PTM are a blessed human rights organisation. And yet this article here implies we are doing a good job and pashtoon mothers don't wish to go back to the craphole they came from. They want a better life for their kids here. Hmm.

 

[lastofthepatriots]

Shemales already ruling Afghanistan [emoji85][emoji85][emoji85]

Women and children can stay. Afghan males should stay in their country and fight for its freedom.

 

[Well.wisher]

Why not look at the picture with a bigger scope of understanding. Dekho mullah ko vote dena haraam ha . Mullah is cancer lol . I dont care who gets offended but truth need to be said .
The biggest problem of Afghanistan is the mullah and the ' kaalay boots ' ehm .. This power of game has effected that part this much that it remains dead as پک۔
ملا کو ووٹ دینا یا اس سے بھلای کی امید رکھنا اپنے پاوں پہ کلہاڑی مارنا ہے۔
ملا کے ھاں سوچنا کراھت آمیز ھےلیکن ھم کھتے ھے، کہ نہ ۔ ۔ سوچنا بھت خطرناک ہے.... بس یھی بنیادی اختلاف ہے....
اس ظلم اور گھٹن کی فزا میں، 'کالے ۔۔۔۔ اہم' اور ملا کا بیانیہ کارفرما ہیں. ان سے نفرت، ہر روشن خیال کی "مابعدالطبعیاتی ضرورت" ہیں.
جامعہ الرشید کے ایک "ملا" نے یہ تصویر لگائی تھی، اور وہ وہاں کے "اندھوں" سے اس بات کی خواہش ظاہر کر رھے تھے کہ امریکہ کی شکست پے کچھ لکھے.....
افغانستان کا خطہ وہ بد قسمت خطہ ہیں جس میں کہی دہائیوں سے سامراج، اور "دیسی" سامراج اور طالبان کی دھشت گردی نے لاکھوں معصوم عوام کا خون بے دردی سے بہایا. اور یہ لوگ امریکہ کی شکست کا جشن منا رہے ہیں......؟
دس لاکھ افغان عوام کے خون سے کھیلنے والی امریکی سامراج مردہ باد.....
دیسی سامراج مردہ باد....
طالبان مردہ باد.....
جہاد کے نام پے "فساد" مردہ باد.....

ملا نے پاکستان میں بھی جمہوریت کے نام پہ نواز شریف جیسے چور کی ہمایت کی۔ ملا ہمیشہ ظالم کی ساتھ کھڑا ہوتا ہے کیوں کہ وہ خود بھی ظالم ہے۔
اسی لئے افعانستان جیسے بدقسمت خطے سے بہت کچھ سیکھنے کی ضرورت ہے بجاے بچوں جیسی خود غرضی دکھانے۔
ملا پہ لعنت۔
یہ ہی سچ ہے ۔ جا جو اکھاڑنا ہے اکھا ڑ لے۔