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Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees, unable to settle in Pakistan, return to their war-torn home country. Yiming Woo reports.
Thingsai, Oct 15 (EFE/EPA).- Tian Chin is a Myanmar refugee in India who, like many others, is forced to secretly cross the border to save rice crops in his homeland, risking being caught by the army that has unleashed a reign of terror after ousting a civilian government.“If we do not harvest our rice, we have nothing for the future. We will have to scavenge for wild vegetables or beg," Chin's wife Dawt Hnem, 40, told EFE.Her husband and many of the menfolk, who have taken refuge in Thingsai village of the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram, had gone to Fungkah village in Myanmar. (Camera: SANGZUALA HMAR). SHOT LIST: AN EFE INTERVIEW WITH DAWT HNEM, A 40-YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM CHIN STATE, MYANMAR, IN THINGSAI, INDIA.SOUND BITES: DAWT HNEM, A 40-YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM CHIN STATE, MYANMAR.- After the army dropped bombs on Sep. 9, we were very scared. We left our village in a hurry, we did not have time to grab our valuables, we hid in the forest and arrived at Thingsai village on Sep. 13.If we don't harvest our rice, we have nothing for the future. We will have to look for wild vegetables or beg elsewhere.Before my husband left, he told me that he would collect the rice and hide it in makeshift warehouses in the forest since there is no one in our village to stand guard. If you store our grains in our house, the army could come back. They will burn them or destroy them.
Peshawar (Pakistan), Sep 30 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Arshad Arbab) .- More than 500,000 Afghan refugees renewed their registration cards and documentation on Thursday in Peshawar, northern Pakistan.FOOTAGE FROM THE AFGHAN REFUGEE REGISTRY IN PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN
New Delhi, Sep 16 (EFE/EPA).- UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has warned of “greater suffering, instability, and displacement” in Afghanistan as he concluded a three-day visit to the country on tenterhooks since the Islamist Taliban seized power in Kabul last month.At the end of his Afghan tour, Grandi appealed for urgent and sustained support for people in the country and for refugees who have fled abroad, the UN Refugee Agency said in a statement.“The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan remains desperate,” said Grandi. (Camera: HARISH TYAGI).SHOT LIST: AFGHAN REFUGEES RESIDING IN INDIA PROTEST AGAINST ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT OF PAKISTAN IN BACKING THE TALIBAN AS TALIBAN HAVE SEIZED POWER IN AFGHANISTAN, IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.
New Delhi (India), Sep 14 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Rajat Gupta) .- Afghan refugees protested this Tuesday in New Delhi against Pakistan for showing their support for the Taliban, after the capture of Kabul by of the insurgents on August 15.FOOTAGE FROM THE AFGHAN REFUGEE PROTEST AGAINST PAKISTAN HELD IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.
New Delhi, Sep 10(EFE/EPA).- Afghan refugees gathered Friday in New Delhi to protest against Pakistan's alleged involvement in backing the Taliban. (Camera: RAJAT GUPTA)SHOT LIST: AFGHAN REFUGEES PROTEST AGAINST THE TALIBAN AND PAKISTAN IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.
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