‘Kill me here, but I am not going back’: An Afghan refugee in Pakistan
Al JazeeraShakira Aslami’s family is among thousands fearing an uncertain future as the Pakistani government cracks down on undocumented migrants. “The problem is, because we don’t have any documentation, nobody wants to hire us, even though we were both working professionals in Kabul,” Shakira explained. But, he added, “if we had dollars, we’d have given bribes to get ourselves visas.” Still, Ahmad Fahim said he does not tar every Pakistani with the same brush. He just said, ‘Let me help you out, don’t thank me.’” Without a Pakistani national identity card, Ahmad Fahim would not have been able to get a local mobile connection by himself. We had to wear burqas to cover ourselves completely and barely got a chance to go outside,” Shakira recalled, adding: “I don’t want that life again.” “We cannot go back to Kabul any more,” Ahmad Fahim said categorically.
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