Kandahari teacher sells home for failed bid of irregular migration
KANDAHAR CITY (SW) – Gulali, a Kandahar resident and a graduate of Pashto literature, quit his job as a school teacher in search for his dream of safer and prosperous life abroad.
KANDAHAR CITY (SW) – Gulali, a Kandahar resident and a graduate of Pashto literature, quit his job as a school teacher in search for his dream of safer and prosperous life abroad.
KABUL (SW) – In recent years, many young Afghans have migrated to other countries to escape from unemployment, insecurity and seeking the imaginary life often promised to them by traffickers.
KABUL (SW) – In recent years, insecurity and unemployment have been cited as the main reasons for irregular migration, but there are also some who migrate irregularly out of passion without realizing the risks attached.
MAZAR-E-SHARIF (SW) – Balkh resident Ahmad Noor was too concerned due to insecurity and joblessness that he rushed for irregular migration to Iran along with his family without considering the grim risks attached.
KABUL (SW) – Frustration and disappoint were all over her face as she narrated the tragic tale of her irregular migration to Azerbaijan.
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.
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.