On Shanti Path, Afghan refugees wait with hope

Anger against U.S. is palpable with those waiting outside embassies

Standing at a roundabout outside the Ashoka Hotel on the road leading to Shanti Path, have been knocking on the doors of embassies that dot the road, asking them to provide a road to peace. Their hope that they will be provided with documents to seek refuge in Europe or Australia keeps them on the road for three days now, a stone’s throw from the Prime Minister’s residence. “Every human being in this world has hope. We will never lose our hope that we can go back to our country and rebuild it one day. but it has been torn apart by other nations as well as the Taliban that has tried to control it. They say that a friend in need is a friend indeed and right now we are asking for friendship to help us survive,” says Mahadia Ahmedi, who came to Delhi to study Engineering and now is completing his MBA from a private university in Greater Noida. Also read: