Afghan refugees stranded at border
17/4/08
Hundreds of Afghans returning home after the closure of a refugee camp in northwest Pakistan have been left stranded because of a roadblock, the United Nations refugee agency has said. About 70,000 Afghans are being forced to either return to Afghanistan or relocate elsewhere in Pakistan after the closure of the Jalozai refugee camp. Kamal Hyder, Al Jazeera’s correspondent reporting from the Peshawar-Torkham highway, said: “For the last three days the main crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan has been closed because of a dispute between tribal elders and a group known as Lashkar-e-Islam.” Laskhar-e-Islam, which is sympathetic to the Taliban, stopped trucks along the highway, saying that drivers must stop trafficking alcohol and drugs across the border.
See: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/AB2D8B66-6B06-441D-B308-C5C19DBC8AAF.htm
Tags: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Refugees, Terrorism, USA