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AAN at 6 March 2018 Vienna event: “Afghanistan in Pakistan”

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Pakistan has hosted millions of Afghan refugees over decades. 2016 it began, however, to push them out in masses. The deported Afghans return into a country with a  catastrophic security situation.  Their situation will be discussed on a podium which includes AA’s Jelena Bjelica.

One of the refugee families who returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan in 2017. Last year, some 57,000 people returned. This year, a far bigger, forced exodus is feared. Photo: Andrew Quilty, 2017, Nangrahar.One of the refugee families who returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan in 2017. Last year, some 57,000 people returned. This year, a far bigger, forced exodus is feared. Photo: Andrew Quilty, 2017, Nangrahar.

 

Time and location

Tuesday, 6 March 2018, 19:00 – 21:00
Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Festsaal
Favoritenstraße 15a, 1040 Vienna

Program

Setara Hassan
Social Scientist and journalist at Zan TV, a TV channel that focuses primarily on women´s issues and challenges in Afghanistan

Sanaa Alimia
Political Scientist, currently research fellow based at the Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin, Germany/Pakistan

Jelena Bjelica
Publicist, Afghanistan Analysts Network

Chair
Ali Ahmad, VIDC

Welcome
Michael Fanizadeh, VIDC

Languages: English and German with simultaneous interpretation

Registration: [email protected]

 

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This article was last updated on 9 Mar 2020

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