Ajab Khan, a returned Afghan refugee, stands near his makeshift home at a refugee camp in Chamtala in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. (Rafiq Maqbool/The Associated Press)From The International Herald Tribune:
CHAMTALA SETTLEMENT, Afghanistan: Only seven months ago, Allah Nazar, a 10-year-old paralyzed by polio, had a two-bedroom mud home and weekly appointments at a hospital in Pakistan, where he lived with his family of 13.
Now Nazar is homeless, living in the eastern Afghan desert 15 miles from Jalalabad, the provincial capital, sitting aimlessly in a wooden wheelbarrow, wondering if the imminent winter will be his last. Even his makeshift wheelchair is too wobbly for a simple joy ride along the rocky terrain.
"His condition is getting worse because of the cold weather and the lack of facilities and treatment," said Abdul Wahab, a village elder and close friend of the boy's family. "Are there any human rights here?"
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My Comment: the fact that many Afghans are being forced out of the Tribal regions of Pakistan by the Pakistani Government makes this situation even more desperate.