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Warning: Graphic content Full Article Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Egyptian protesters pull down Israel embassy wall 09 Sep 2011 Libyan fighters tread lightly in Gaddafi towns 10 Sep 2011 Obama: U.S. stronger 10 years after September 11 attacks | 1:39am EDT Federer blames himself for loss, vows to come back better 10 Sep 2011 Suspicious item found at airport near Washington 10 Sep 2011 Discussed 199 Obama to propose $300 billion jobs package: report 99 Obama to call for urgent steps on economy 79 Nearly 40 percent of Europeans suffer mental illness Watched NASA launches robotic moon probes Sat, Sep 10 2011 African Golden Cat makes video debut Thu, Sep 8 2011 Massive supernova visible from Earth Wed, Sep 7 2011 Decade after 9/11, Afghans languish in Pakistan Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Obama: U.S. stronger 10 years after September 11 attacks Sat, Sep 10 2011 Half a trillion dollars of broken Afghan dreams Sat, Sep 10 2011 New York cracks down after "credible" 9/11 threat Fri, Sep 9 2011 Al Qaeda affiliate suspected in Delhi blast Wed, Sep 7 2011 Distant lives come together on 9/11's front lines Wed, Sep 7 2011 Analysis & Opinion My September 11th Pakistan’s Afghan policy: is that depth strategic or senseless? Related Topics World » Afghanistan » United Nations » Siblings of Afghan descent pose for a picture against the mud walls of their home in an Afghan refugee village on the outskirts of Karachi September 10, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Akhtar Soomro By Qasim Nauman and Rebecca Conway HARIPUR/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan | Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:47pm EDT HARIPUR/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - When Ghulum Nabi's father heard U.S.-backed troops toppled Afghanistan's Taliban after the September 11, 2001, attacks, he rushed to their family home in an Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan to spread the news. Perhaps, one day they could all return to a peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan supported by a Western superpower. After 10 years of U.S.-led efforts to pacify one of the world's most turbulent countries, Afghan refugees in Pakistan have little hope for stability in their homeland. "I grew up here and Pakistan is my country. When my father pushes me to go back to visit, I end up having a fight with him. I'm never going to live there. I want to get Pakistani nationality. This is my home," said Nabi, 22, who runs a crockery shop. "It doesn't matter if it is America or anyone else trying to watch over Afghanistan. I will still be looking around to see if anyone is pointing a gun at me." Afghan President Hamid Karzai would welcome a return of the millions of Afghans living in Pakistan. It would be a vote of confidence in his administration, which faces many problems, from widespread allegations of state corruption, to a resilient Taliban. SOVIET INVASION TRIGGERED LIFE OF UNCERTAINTY Many of the refugees are skilled labourers who could boost reconstruction and help revive a weak economy if they return. But it's unlikely to happen. Most of the refugees in Pakistan arrived after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. The conflict that followed consumed their homeland. After the mujahideen warriors defeated the Russians, warlords turned on each other and tore Afghanistan apart. Many refugees fear a repeat of that chaos as a U.S. troop withdrawal looms. Some would like to go home but feel they can't. Others regard Pakistan as home despite its many disadvantages. Without proper Pakistani identification cards, Afghans can't open bank accounts or buy or lease property. Many are openly mistreated by Pakistanis who have little fear of being held to account. On August 14, the anniversary of Pakistan's independence, Saeed Anwar's landlord showed up with three men armed with AK-47 assault rifles at his clothing shop at a busy bazaar in the city of Haripur, home to 80,000 Afghan refugees who live in camps. "They threw around my merchandise and said I need to pay them a 300,000 Pakistani rupees ($3,450) advance on the rent. I had already paid the rent," said Anwar, wearing traditional, loose Pakistani trousers. "I went to the police to register a case. But when they see a dispute between a Pakistani and an Afghan, they automatically assume the Afghan has done something wrong." Still, many Afghans believe its wiser, and safer, to just accept the frequent humiliation than return to a homeland still shattered, despite a long U.S.-led military campaign against militancy and billions of dollars in Western aid. Afghans -- from elders who vividly remember the first Soviet gunship helicopters in Afghanistan, to teenagers who have only visited a few times -- work for Pakistanis as welders or carpenters and tailors in Haripur and other cities. Most of them prefer to run their own small businesses, from food carts to car dealerships. It's the only sense of independence they have in the camps which consist of small cement and mud housing units near a reservoir. The elders have set up a jirga, or tribal gathering, to settle internal disputes, as is done in much of Afghanistan. Cricket games are the only form of entertainment and leisure activity for most youths. Two years ago Pakistan agreed to let displaced Afghans stay until the end of 2012, after a resurgence of militant violence along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border hindered repatriation. Still, people like Sherullah, whose nine children were born in Pakistan, feel vulnerable. What if Pakistan asks them to leave one day? "There is a lot of confusion. If there's one thing I want, it's for this confusion to go away, for us to know if we will be staying or not," said Sherullah, who was cutting women's clothing in his tailor shop. "There are many people living here that can afford to build a proper house but don't want to. They think 'what if next year we are told to leave?'. So they continue to live in mud houses." Aside from 1.7 million officially registered Afghans in Pakistan, there are an additional 800,000 with no documentation. According to the United Nations, Pakistan is home to the world's largest refugee population, mostly Afghans, who strain the country's troubled economy. Pakistan would like to repatriate them. There are, however, few incentives for refugees to head back to Afghanistan. So life in camps may drag on for many years. Even though the U.S. disengagement is gradual, it brings back painful memories of what was widely seen as American abandonment of Afghanistan after the Soviet exit in 1989. Warlords soon took over and bloodshed returned. Haji Aslam, 65, an elder in one of the camps, has seen conflict in Afghanistan over the last 30 years -- from the battlefields where he fought the Soviets to what he sees today on his television screen. He is betting on the Taliban to prevail once the Americans leave. "Even if just 10 Taliban show up, the Afghan government will flee Kabul," said Aslam, a man with a white beard wearing a traditional flat Afghan cap. "In Pakistan, I am at peace. I know my children are safe." (Editing by Michael Georgy and Robert Birsel) World Afghanistan United Nations Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (2) anarchteacher wrote: Google “Why They Hate Us,” by Laurence M. Vance. If you only read one article concerning the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks upon the United States, I highly recommend that this is the one to read. The important information it contains is not widely known to most Americans. Sep 10, 2011 12:13am EDT -- Report as abuse brian-decree wrote: There is a MASSIVE historical inaccuracy that needs to be pointed out, the elephant in the room if you will… if you are to understand the true context of Afghanistans modern history. Obamas top adviser, Zbigniev Brezinski, was the man charged with arming, funding and organizing the ‘mujahedeen’ or terrorists in the 80s. It is a known fact, and Brezinski is on record bragging about this, that these terrorists were trained to attack Afghanistan’s first Democratic Socialist government and it’s citizens. The soviets were called in by the Afghan government to DEFEND Afghanistan from this US sponsored terror. This true account of history has been obliterated. For the record: The US has been the number one factor in contributing to the rise of terrorists, warlords, the Taliban and the Herion trade in Afghanistan. Afghanistan had a promising democratic future in the 80s, and the US took it away from them by supporting radical Islamic militants in the area. To quote Brezinski’s speech at a terrorist training camp: “This is your land, take it back and you will be victorious. Because you are right, and god is on your side!” “For America, the chief geopolitical prize is Eurasia… Now a non-Eurasian power is preeminent in Eurasia – and America’s global primacy is directly dependent on how long and how effectively its preponderance on the Eurasian continent is sustained.” – Brezinski Sep 11, 2011 2:12am EDT -- Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment Social Stream (What's this?) 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