Drug addiction on the heels of irregular migration
PUL-E-ALAM (SW) – Logar’s Sharifullah embarked on treacherous journey of irregular migration many times to escape raging war and poverty, but eventually ended up becoming a drug addict.
PUL-E-ALAM (SW) – Logar’s Sharifullah embarked on treacherous journey of irregular migration many times to escape raging war and poverty, but eventually ended up becoming a drug addict.
KABUL (SW) – Lured by human traffickers, Ahmad wished to migrate irregularly to Europe three years ago, a decision he still laments.
KABUL (SW) – Young Khost resident, Mohammad Ayub Jan left for Iran on irregular migration upon friends’ advice as a way out of poverty and war last year.
KABUL (SW) – Abdul Sattar used to struggle with speaking, but poverty coupled with insecurity compelled him to embark on irregular migration to Iran where he lost his life in a deep well during hard labolabor.
LASHKARGAH (SW) – Samir, a 27-year-old resident of Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, was a young man when he emigrated two years ago due to unemployment and poverty.
KABUL (SW) – Dawood has been struggling to survive and work for many years, but his broken back does not help him anymore.
JALALABAD (SW) – The simple uttering of word ‘trafficking’ would make him shiver with haunting memories of the treacherous path he once followed with unknown people for an unknown destination.
KABUL (SW) – Following the rise of insecurity in the country and the resulting poverty, immigration has been on the rise in recent years.
KABUL (SW) – It is not only poverty, war and unemployment that drives young people into irregular migrations, but in some cases, people with jobs also accept the risk of irregular migration at the expense of their own lives.
KABUL (SW) – Sharif is a 35-year-old man who, many years ago, embarked on the thorny path of irregular immigration along with his wife and three children to Iran and Turkey.
KABUL (SW) – A rare new addition of bright blue buses with ‘Chahar Magz’ (walnut) written on face of it has grabbed attention of Kabul residents who are used to otherwise rusted old buses for commuting.
KABUL (SW) – “When I returned from the Syrian war, my life took a complete new turn to the point when struggle for survival seemed difficult and overwhelming.