国际英语资讯:Feature: Intl attention could bring better life to Afghan refugees in Pakistan
<p><span word="ISLAMABAD">ISLAMABAD</span>, <span word="Feb">Feb</span>. 15-- <span word="When">When</span> <span word="Qaisar">Qaisar</span> <span word="Khan">Khan</span> <span word="fled">fled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Pakistan">Pakistan</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1980<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="barely">barely</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="return">return</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prime">prime</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="life">life</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="then">then</span> 63-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="choice">choice</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fateful">fateful</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="rattles">rattles</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="guns">guns</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="maybe">maybe</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="kids">kids</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rising">rising</span> <span word="sun">sun</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="day">day</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="blazing">blazing</span> <span word="guns">guns</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="intimidating">intimidating</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="stirred">stirred</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="feeling">feeling</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="escape">escape</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="looming">looming</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="me">me</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="leave">leave</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="house">house</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="children">children</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="safety">safety</span>."</p><p><span word="Due">Due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="unrest">unrest</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</span>, <span word="the">the</span> 103-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="stepped">stepped</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Pakistan">Pakistan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="land">land</span>, <span word="never">never</span> <span word="wished">wished</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="return">return</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="forefathers">forefathers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="buried">buried</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="him">him</span>, <span word="his">his</span> <span word="family">family</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="safety">safety</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="priority">priority</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="including">including</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="wife">wife</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="kids">kids</span>, <span word="now">now</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 50 <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="here">here</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="peace">peace</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</span>, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="generations">generations</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="follow">follow</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="Pakistan">Pakistan</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="refugee">refugee</span> <span word="camp">camp</span>. <span word="How">How</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="back">back</span>? <span word="To">To</span> <span word="die">die</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="hunger">hunger</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="bullet">bullet</span>," <span word="Khan">Khan</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Khazana">Khazana</span> <span word="camp">camp</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Afghan">Afghan</span> <span word="refugees">refugees</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Peshawar">Peshawar</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Pakistan">Pakistan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="northwest">northwest</span> <span word="Khyber">Khyber</span> <span word="Pakhtunkhwa">Pakhtunkhwa</span> <span word="province">province</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="Nations">Nations</span> <span word="High">High</span> <span word="Commissioner">Commissioner</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Refugees">Refugees</span> (<span word="UNHCR">UNHCR</span>), <span word="Pakistan">Pakistan</span> <span word="hosts">hosts</span> 210,465 <span word="household">household</span> <span word="of">of</span> 1,416,078 <span word="registered">registered</span> <span word="refugees">refugees</span>, <span word="making">making</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="biggest">biggest</span> <span word="host">host</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="refugees">refugees</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>.</p>
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