When Khair Wali heard the Taliban had started killing former Afghan soldiers, he feared he could be next, so made the decision to travel to neighboring Pakistan with his pregnant wife and two children.
For many Afghans like Wali, a 23-year-old former army cadet, Pakistan was their only realistic hope for sanctuary.
But thousands who have arrived by bus, taxi, on foot or even on donkeys since the Taliban seized power last year have found hardship and hostility in a country that has grown tired of hosting refugees from Afghanistan.
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