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Afghan refugees: "The Taliban will make our country safe"

2021-09-10T18:52:26.299Z


Tens of thousands of Afghans have been living in camps in Iran or Pakistan for decades. Some now want to return home - and believe in stability and peace under the rule of the Taliban.


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They are happy about the new rule of the Taliban in their homeland: While on Tuesday, according to government officials, almost 300 refugees were deported against their will at the Pakistani border to Afghanistan, these people in Iran are waiting expectantly for the bus that is supposed to bring them back.

Marriage, refugee: "We are happy that the USA has left our country. They broke into our houses in the middle of the night and caused unrest / Now we are satisfied. It is certain, there is no more theft. The Taliban are catching Criminals, it's really safe. "

Afghans who have fled to Pakistan also want to return to their country.

Some have lived in Camp Basti near Islamabad for decades.

Now they too are hoping for stability and an end to the war from the new Afghan government.

Sayyid Veli, refugee: "We are happy. The Taliban government is back. They will rule according to Islamic Sharia law. Our property, our lives and our honor are now safe. When the US was in Afghanistan, Muslims had neither dignity nor dignity." Honor. I hope our country finds peace. There will be peace and we will return. "

According to UNHCR, there were 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees in Pakistan at the end of 2019, and around four million unregistered according to the Pakistani government.

Almost a third of them have been living in camps there for years.

Source: spiegel

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