Hopes of Western refuge sink for Afghans in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD:In their Pakistan safehouse, Shayma and her family try to keep their voices low so their neighbors don’t overhear their Afghan mother tongue. But she can belt out Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a-Changin’” any time she likes, and no-one would guess it comes from a 15-year-old refugee in hiding. “In the kitchen, the sound is very good,” she told AFP alongside her sister and fellow young bandmates. By now, Shayma should have been testing the acoustics of her new home in New York.

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