Returning Afghans Survive In Tent Camps

The Chami-Babrak camp on the outskirts of Kabul houses refugees
without U.N. papers entitling them to free land to build homes.

From The San Francisco Chronicle:

(07-27) 04:00 PDT Chami-Babrak camp, Afghanistan -- Along a parched sandlot where sporadic bursts of wind kick up spinning clouds of blinding dust, Abdul Quiam wakes from an afternoon slumber. A tent constructed of bamboo poles and threadbare blankets is the weathered 75-year-old man's only defense from a scorching midday sun.

Quiam and his relatives are among 200 families living in this improvised camp with no potable water, electricity or sewage system on the outskirts of Kabul, the capital. The settlement of ragged tent homes is one of dozens inside Afghanistan for refugees displaced by the Soviet occupation, civil war or Taliban rule. Most have returned dreaming of new homes and jobs after tolerating harsh living conditions in camps in Pakistan and Iran, the two main countries for Afghan refugees.

Today, however, hope for many here centers on surviving another day.

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More News On Afghanistan's Refugee Crisis

Afghanistan’s Growing Refugee Crisis -- Newsweek
Worsening crisis in Afghanistan requires increased support -- Relief Web
US opposes refugee repatriation -- Dawn Internet

My Comment: For 30 years Afghanistan produced and displaced millions of refugees. To repartriate them and to incorporate them back into society ..... this will probably take just as long (in a stable and secured environment .... which Afghanistan is not at the moment).