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UNHCR repatriation centre Pershawar Pakistan four brother four wives and twntyfour children wait for the process of becoming an ex refugee to be completedso that they can start the long journey home to Afghanistan. The brothers have been refugees in Pakistan for thirty five years and all their children have never set foot on Afghan soil "we feel safer in Afghanistan than Pakistan now time to go home "
UNHCR repatriation centre Pershawar Pakistan four brother four wives and twntyfour children wait for the process of becoming an ex refugee to be completedso that they can start the long journey home to Afghanistan. The brothers have been refugees in Pakistan for thirty five years and all their children have never set foot on Afghan soil "we feel safer in Afghanistan than Pakistan now time to go home "
Marzia Abdul Raheem serving traditional afghani rice to her younger sisters – Amna Abdul Karim (right) and Moinsa Abdul Raheem (left) all of them sitting in their kitchen in the Refugee village Khurasan Charsadda Road, Peshawar KPK Province.
Asma (age 6 years) and her family sitting in the waiting area of Chamkani Voluntary Repatriation Center located in Gul Abad, Chamkani Peshawar Province KPK, Pakistan.
Javed with his Wife .Razzia and Daughter Nazia (came from Karkhano, Peshawar Province KPK Pakistan) is sitting in the waiting area of Chamkani Voluntary Repatriation Center located in Gul Abad, Chamkani Peshawar Province KPK, Pakistan.
Ismail (6 months old) in her mother’s lap in the Chamkani Voluntary Repatriation Center located in Gul Abad, Chamkani Peshawar Province KPK, Pakistan.
Salma 10 years sitting amidst women wearing burqahs in the Chamkani Voluntary Repatriation Center located in Gul Abad, Chamkani Peshawar Province KPK, Pakistan is ready to depart to her homeland Afghanistan.
Najman with his family (Naik bakht- daughter sitting at the right most corner) sitting in the waiting area of Chamkani Voluntary Repatriation Center located in Gul Abad, Chamkani Peshawar Province KPK, Pakistan.
UNHCR repatriation centre Pershawar Pakistan four brother four wives and twntyfour children wait for the process of becoming an ex refugee to be completedso that they can start the long journey home to Afghanistan. The brothers have been refugees in Pakistan for thirty five years and all their children have never set foot on Afghan soil "we feel safer in Afghanistan than Pakistan now time to go home "
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Pakistan/ Afghan refugees/ Khan Zaman, 45, his wife Sarharo, 21, children Bilal Hussain and Sadiq, 11 months old undergo physical identification at a UNHCR Voluntary Repatration Centre (VRC) in Peshawar. The family is from Kunar Province in Afghanistan and are now returning after 32 years in Pakistan crossing at the Torkham border with Afghanistan near Peshawar. They came to Pakistan as refugees with the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. The family lived close to an Afghan refugee camp near Peshawar and undertook farming to support themselves. The family will resettle in Jalalabad and work for accommodation and food as they know people there. They are leaving because life is getting more difficult for the family. Economically it is harder to support everybody. Khan has visited Afghanistan five times and his happy that his children will be growing up in their own country. It will be the first time that the children will go there. The $150USD per family member that UNHCR supplies to voluntary repratriating Afghans will help support the family for about a month with travel, accomodation and food back in Afghanistan. In 2002 it cost $35-$45 per person to travel from Peshawar back to Afghanistan on a truck. This price went up due to fuel price increases to the current rate of $150 USD. UNHCR/Sam Phelps/ November 2011.
Pakistan/ Afghan refugees/ Khan Zaman, 45 looks at a family photo at a UNHCR Voluntary Repatration Centre (VRC) in Peshawar. The family is from Kunar Province in Afghanistan and are now returning after 32 years in Pakistan crossing at the Torkham border with Afghanistan near Peshawar. They came to Pakistan as refugees with the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. The family lived close to an Afghan refugee camp near Peshawar and undertook farming to support themselves. The family will resettle in Jalalabad and work for accommodation and food as they know people there. They are leaving because life is getting more difficult for the family. Economically it is harder to support everybody. Khan has visited Afghanistan five times and his happy that his children will be growing up in their own country. It will be the first time that the children will go there. The $150USD per family member that UNHCR supplies to voluntary repratriating Afghans will help support the family for about a month with travel, accomodation and food back in Afghanistan. In 2002 it cost $35-$45 per person to travel from Peshawar back to Afghanistan on a truck. This price went up due to fuel price increases to the current rate of $150 USD. UNHCR/Sam Phelps/ November 2011.
Pakistan/ Afghan refugees/ Khan Zaman, 45, his wife Sarharo, 21, children Bilal Hussain and Sadiq, 11 months receive blankets and other aid and other non food items at a UNHCR Voluntary Repatration Centre (VRC) in Peshawar. The family is from Kunar Province in Afghanistan and are now returning after 32 years in Pakistan crossing at the Torkham border with Afghanistan near Peshawar. They came to Pakistan as refugees with the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. The family lived close to an Afghan refugee camp near Peshawar and undertook farming to support themselves. The family will resettle in Jalalabad and work for accommodation and food as they know people there. They are leaving because life is getting more difficult for the family. Economically it is harder to support everybody. Khan has visited Afghanistan five times and his happy that his children will be growing up in their own country. It will be the first time that the children will go there. The $150USD per family member that UNHCR supplies to voluntary repratriating Afghans will help support the family for about a month with travel, accomodation and food back in Afghanistan. In 2002 it cost $35-$45 per person to travel from Peshawar back to Afghanistan on a truck. This price went up due to fuel price increases to the current rate of $150 USD. UNHCR/Sam Phelps/ November 2011.
