KARACHI: Thousands of Afghans, especially those who remained attached to foreign forces, are rushing to leave Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover after a 20-year bloody conflict. Hailing from the Sari Pul province in northern Afghanistan, Pashtun, 33, visited his homeland only once in 1998 during the first Taliban government. Currently serving as the caretaker of the Saranan refugee camp, Pashtun hopes the Taliban will help him reclaim the seized property. Saranan is home to 50,000 refugees from three provinces of northern Afghanistan — Sari Pul, Jawzjan, and Faryab — and the majority of them are Ishaqzai. Haji Abdullah, a community leader at an Afghan refugee camp in the southern port city of Karachi, shared a similar view.

Source: Pakistan Today September 15, 2021 06:22 UTC