- Title: Afghan refugees hold second day of sit-in protests outside UNHCR in Delhi
- Date: 24th August 2021
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (AUGUST 24, 2021) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) AFGHAN REFUGEES RAISING SLOGANS OUTSIDE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) OFFICE UNHCR OFFICE AFGHAN WOMAN RAISING SLOGAN AGHAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN REFUGEES RAISING SLOGANS AFGHAN WOMAN WEARING SCARF WITH COLOURS OF NATIONAL FLAG OF AFGHANISTAN LOOKING ON (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) AFGHAN REFUGEE, ANISHA PARVAANI, SAYING: "We are safe here but do not have food and water. We are alive and we thank the Indian government for that but they should put pressure on UNHCR so that they provide a solution to our problems." AFGHAN WOMEN REFUGEES HOLDING BANNER AND RAISING SLOGANS VARIOUS OF AFGHAN CHILDREN RAISING SLOGANS (English): "WE WANT ANSWER" (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) AFGHAN REFUGEE WHO CAME TO INDIA IN 2010, WAIB (LAST NAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING: "We want resettlement from UNHCR. If the India UNHCR cannot handle this many people, then resettle us in some other country." VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATION UNDERWAY
- Embargoed: 7th September 2021 09:29
- Keywords: Afghan Sikhs Hardeep Singh Puri India Kabul Sikh Shrine airport
- Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA
- City: NEW DELHI, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA001ERN2AFJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Afghan refugees held a sit-in protest outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office in New Delhi for a second straight day on Tuesday (August 24), seeking assistance for livelihood.
Their demands include refugee cards, resettlement options to a third country, and security from the international bodies and the Indian government.
"We thank the Indian government for that but they should put pressure on UNHCR so that they provide a solution to our problems," said Afghan Refugee, Anisha Parvaani adding that most of the refugees were struggling for basic amenities like food and water.
The Taliban entered Kabul on Sunday (August 15) after rapidly taking over much of the country, prompting chaotic scenes at the airport as crowds scrambled to escape.
It took the Taliban just over a week to seize control of the country after a lightning sweep 10 that ended in Kabul as government forces, trained for years and equipped by the United States and others at a cost of billions of dollars melted away.
During their 1996-2001 rule, also guided by Islamic law, or sharia, the Taliban stopped women from working and administered punishments including public stoning. Girls were not allowed to go to school and women had to wear all-enveloping 'burqas' to go out. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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