The Long, Long Road Home: the Afghan Refugee Crisis Enters Its Fifth Decade - CounterPunch.org

The Long, Long Road Home: the Afghan Refugee Crisis Enters Its Fifth Decade - CounterPunch.org: Fog. War. Afghanistan’s refugees are, to repurpose the notorious phrase, a known unknown. The fog of war has filled the country’s beautiful, fertile valleys for 40 years and counting. No census has been taken in Afghanistan since 1971 and no one really knows how many people reside in the country. Somewhere north of 35,000,000, people More