Sunday, July 23, 2006

Afghans in Saudi seek govt help in changing passports / Pajhwok Afghan News, 20 Jul 2006

http://www.pajhwak.com/viewstory.asp?lng=eng&id=21569
"Thousands of Afghan refugees in Saudi Arabia are facing acute problems while changing their Pakistani passports to Afghan passport. Most of them have been put behind the bars for holding Afghan passports without visas. Due to long wars and unemployment the Afghans first migrated to the neigbouring Pakistan from where they left for Saudi Arabia by Pakistani passports. The Afghans were compelled to arrive Pakistan from Saudi Arabia and then to Afghanistan. A spokesman said Afghan nationals would face harsh treatment if they reached Pakistan. He said: "We have been tortured in Pakistani airport for alleged links with terrorist and al-Qaeda."