Why am I being sent back?’: Hurt, anger for Afghans pushed out by Pakistan
21100086 Thousands of Afghans whose only home has been Pakistan are being forced to go to a country unprepared to take them in Nasir Torkham, Pakistan – Crumpled, dirty clothes. Worn-out slippers. And eyes dimmed from exhaustion Nasir Abdul Rasul had the look of a man who had not slept for days as he pushed the wheelchair of his 26-year-old sister, Fari Bibi, whose face mask bore the colours of the former Afghan flag. Nasir The patriarch of a 46-member household — one that includes his six sons and their families, two sisters, his maternal cousins, their wives and children — Rasul had travelled for more than 48 hours to arrive at Torkham, a Pakistani town on the border with Afghanistan.