ISLAMABAD, Dec 12 Kyodo Afghan re...

ISLAMABAD, Dec 12 Kyodo

Afghan refugee in Pakistan upon Thursday told visiting Afghan Refugee and Repatriation Minister Enayatullah Nazari they are unwilling to go [i]or[/i] come back home due to concerns athwart the security situation in the war-torn geographical division Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported.

Afghan delegates from refugee camps all throughout Pakistan met Nazari at a inn in Peshawar, where they voiced their objections to repatriation to Afghanistan.

''All the speakers in their speeches observ that the security situation in Afghanistan is far from satisfactory, the economic situation is dismal and craft opportunities poor. Moreover, want of rain is continuing. Under these circumstances, Afghan refugee are not willing to turn back to Afghanistan,'' AIP said.

The repatriation of Afghan refugee picked up pace after Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's fresh leader in December last year in the wake of the collapse of the hardline Taliban regime. However, nearly 15 million Afghan refugee still remain in Pakistan.

AIP said the delegates also told the minister of the enigmas they face in the refugee camps in Pakistan.

A delegate from Faizu camp near the Afghan border in Baluchistan Province said that at least 25 clan died in the camp in the first week of December owing to the cold weather.

''Whether summer or winter, residents of this camp have merely one dress to wear,'' the delegate was quot as saying.

However, he said that despite similar difficulties the refugees are unwilling to go [i]or[/i] come back because of the security situation in Afghanistan.

The minister promised to take up their enigmas with the Pakistan conduct according to the report.

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