Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us more than half of the 2700000 afghan refugees in the world live in pakistan theyre spread across the country in hundreds of camps and neighborhoods with most of them concentrated close to the border of their homeland some refugees have been there for decades since the earlier conflicts before 911 and the american arrival and with the imminent if ever delayed political agreement between the United States the taliban the Afghan Government and other stakeholders on track this could mean that refugees might finally be able to go home but the story is as always more complicated than that. Doing what it takes to survive in pakistan. Fled afghanistan decades ago and is now making clay pots in her report to support his family its made him financially independent but he says it hasnt made him welcome as a refugee. Ive been living here for 40 years the police have come here many times but they cant do anything because i support myself. Ill be back man is just one of one half 1000000 afghans currently living in pakistan the make up one of the largest refugee populations in the world. Their future was in focus at a u. N. Summit in islam about this week to mark 40 years of afghanis fleeing their war torn country. The talks came as the u. S. And taliban appeared close to a deal to end decades of conflict stirring fresh hopes that the refugees could soon return home reducing violence is critical to build confidence and support for the Peace Process that leads to the loss the settlements and the permanent cease fire. Transitions to enabling the peaceful return of these post persons and refugees to their homes. Many afghans are eager to leave behind a life in pakistan without basic rights education and opportunity. But theyre also wary of the country theyd return to if the taliban gets a say in afghanistans future. Ill be back months is if it means living under taliban rule once again id rather stay put here in pakistan. We have to. See me for more was like even if a political deal is brokered and there is socalled peace is in afghanistan a country with limited resources to deal with an influx of returning refugees. Indeed millers serve understand is currently not capable of welcoming a large number of refugees back to their homeland there have been small incentives the government has tried to build housing and creating infrastructure for tens of thousands of refugees but these projects are in no way sufficient to deal with the around 2500000 refugees living in pakistan and then theres of course another 1000000 in iran refugees who have returned in the past years who lured by promises of help by the International Community and the Afghan Government have been left disappointed with no food or shelter and return back to their host countries or of course tried to make their way to europe we should also not forget that last year alone more than 400000 afghans were displaced inside the country as well due to conflict draw out and other Natural Hazards the government cannot provide for the internally displaced people who are forced to live in tents under extreme weather conditions with insufficient care and no education for their children now some of these refugees have been away from home for decades they might long for their country but the reality is for their Children Home has become a Foreign Place that will be a challenge wont it. Thats true so for the children of sindh 2nd or 3rd generation of afghan refugees many have only heard about afghanistan and stories or they hear about it on the news having lived on foreign land all their lives a large number of if it is would also not consider themselves afghan anymore but theyre also not seen as pakistani or iranian in their host countries either so and pakistan refugees do not have the option of becoming citizens their only document is their proof of their just ration card or are card which is called like that no these cards provide them legal stable every few months the pakistani government decides on their validity around 1000000. 00 do not even possess any legal documents so there is a lack of sense of security for these refugees children are restricted from going to government funded schools if they want to receive an education they have to pay for private schools which are expensive of course if you cannot work for their government and of course without proper education theyre limited to lower income work they have no right to own a pakistani driver license was especially its creates a problem for a taxi drivers so only recently they were allowed to open Bank Accounts you can just imagine what this means for afghan refugees living in pakistan. So its very tough for afghan refugees in pakistan and yet some of these refugees also worry about returning to a place where the taliban has power no melissa most refugees are worried about basic necessities such as security and land and shelter of security of land is provided to them a large number of messages would be happy to return at least that is the impression we got from speaking to afghan refugees living in pakistan this time around however they wont return by receiving promises only. Hazarat seamy thank you. The hindu kush himalayan region has the highest concentration of snow and glaciers after the arctic and antarctica its melt water feeds asias River Systems but the same fresh water can also in danger of people as in this case in pakistan. Its a documented fact that the worlds glaciers are shrinking but in the character or a Mountain Range a number of them up bucking that trend for now this is just the glacier in northern pakistan its increasing in length and width and its moving downhill carrying with it hundreds of tons of ice and debris that are pushing down into the valley. The one year the glacier move forward 8 to 10 kilometers. Then to keep moving smoothly until there were 4 months when it was really surging forward at about 5 to 7 meters a day people were the. Scientists dont agree on what exactly is causing some glaciers in the car according to surgeon they call it a material logical anomaly but whats clear is that shift is advancing at 10 times the normal rate and its threatening the safety of People Living in the valley. Not just because of its advancing ice sheet and the threat of rock fall. Is also creating Glacial Lakes lakes which can burst these images show the village of her son about after it was hit by flooding in july. When a glacier lake bursts. There is an enormous amount of not only the eyes and rocks and water and debris. That falls through. The one and this has the best thinking effects basically destroys everything that comes in its way. The United Nations estimates that there are 33 Glacial Lakes that pose an imminent threat of floods in the region potentially impacting up to 7000000 people. Do you think you have a bunch of whole area will be devastated peoples land homes trees and the whole community if this place surely bursts the whole population and Peoples Properties will be swept away into the river and the. Authorities are setting up Early Warning systems to alert communities of any impending flood but thats only one fight in a much bigger battle. Scientists expect that Climate Change will melt a 3rd of the glaciers in the kara core and by 2100 endangering the lives of hundreds of millions. Since coming to power in 2016 philippines president rhodri go to territory has unleashed a controversial war on drugs it has included extra judicial killings while police say some 5000. 00 people have died in what it calls legitimate operations Rights Groups call it murder and put the death toll closer 220000 the streets have become dangerous so in one manila suburb the moms are pushing back. It took these moms to stop the murders. They walked the streets where death squads once roamed but not since these women began their nightly patrols. Conducting to get we started patrolling our community got reenergized and the fear disappeared people used to be afraid to go out past 7 pm till morning. But when they saw how effective we were because of how we really go right in the Community People regain their confidence i mean i mean. Fear once paralyzed the people of patel rose. In 2016 president but we go to terror take declared a war on drugs shadowy attackers terrorize streets across manila gunning down drug suspects at the height of the crackdown there were as many as 4 murders a day in the philippines linked to the drug trade Rights Groups say these were extra judicial killings sanctioned by the state police deny any involvement. But grief drove these women to step in and keep the peace. And then about they had the womens patrol started in 2016 when there were 2 People Killed in our community we feared more violence so we came up with the idea of patrolling the streets. The moms never found out who the killers were but now side by side with the police theyre keeping a close eye on things and potatoes as the new face of law and order. Without. Compensation. Mind. Is in order. So the message to Rule Breakers from these rule makers the moms are here to stay so that after so much death patellar us can get back to normal life. Thats it for now head over to our website d. W. Dot com forward slash asia to view this show online and for other stories from the region we leave you with some snapshots of life for afghan refugees living in pakistan some of whom have never known their homeland thank you for watching and well see you next time. Im secure in the fire more than target and in the end this is a me youre not a lot of the here and more rules and you. Are you familiar with this. With the smugglers were lions of the b. Whats your story ready. I mean what numbers of women especially are victims of violence. Take part and send us your story your training or with understand this new culture. Another visitor another you want to become citizens. In for migrants your platform for a while information. 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