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Archive for April, 2009

The missing Afghans: victims of an unfinished war!

khAdim duRRani Quettawaal

Afghanistan is one of those unfortunate countries where war-like situation still prevails, where a previous super invader has been replaced by a new super one. Thirty years on, there is no end to the bloodletting. Over the last three decades millions of Afghans have been displaced both externally and internally. What is peculiar and painful about the Afghan Diaspora is that there is a very large number of Afghans who are known to be missing. Continue reading ‘The missing Afghans: victims of an unfinished war!’

Quetta: the tragic deaths in a container

khAdim DuRRani Quettawaal

On the evening of April 4 2009 about 45 people were found dead, near Quetta, in a large container that was carrying 110 Afghans who intended to enter Iran via Pakistan; they were put on the container at Spin Boldak, an Afghan border town between Afghanistan and Pakistan and the door was locked from outside. Continue reading ‘Quetta: the tragic deaths in a container’