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Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. Location: Kabul Every day hundreds of Afghan families cross the border at Torkham, a dusty gateway that leads from the life of a refugee in Pakistan to a life of hope in Afghanistan. They come by any means available with whatever they can carry. The lucky ones arrive by truck, others come by mule or on foot and those who are unable to walk are carried – even in wheelbarrows. But to them it doesn’t matter how they get here. All they want is to go home. The Pakistani trucks are brightly painted. Every available surface bears pictures of animals and verses of poetry. Perched on top of one such truck is 65 year-old Bibi. She has been living in a refugee camp in Pakistan for the... [read full story]
