This would come in the form of immigration documents, residency permits and so on, enabling them to build a new life overseas. These people in the Frontier are thought to include drug lords. The heart of every Pakistani goes out to the Afghan brothers and sistersnow facing distress in near-famine conditions in several parts of their country, in addition to those now in displaced persons camps administered by international humanitarian agencies. These agencies report that they are not doing very well because of insufficient and dwindling resources. This means there is not enough money, not enough food and not enough of non-food items.
Reports say thousands are spending the nights in the open in Afghanistan s bitter winter weather.
All this adds up to a terrible situation. And this is before the threatened sanctions have gone into force. It is quite obvious, therefore, that the present misery of the Afghan people is not related to United Nations sanctions in any way. This state of affairs is manifestly the result of the conditions inside Afghanistan. It cannot be blamed on any outside factor or plot.