Provinces of Origin for Pakistan-bound Afghan Refugees, 1985

Title

Provinces of Origin for Pakistan-bound Afghan Refugees, 1985

Subject

Afghan Refugees

Description

This map shows the relative percentage of the population of the provinces of Afghanistan that accounted for refugees in Pakistan in 1985. As the map shows, provinces in the borderlands of Pashtunistan - Paktia, Nangarhar, Paktika, and others - accounted for the greatest percentage of refugees. Please not that this is *not* a map of the depopulation rate of provinces in Afghanistan.

Creator

Timothy Nunan

Source

Hanne Christensen and Wolf Scott, Survey of the Social and Economic Conditions of Afghan Refugees in pakistan (Geneva: UNRISD, 1988), 18; Abdul Hamid Malik, Impelled Afghan Migration to Pakistan, 1978-1984 (PhD Dissertation: University of Peshawar, 1985).

Date

1985

Rights

All rights reserved, Timothy Nunan.

Format

JPEG

Language

None

Coverage

Afghanistan, Pakistan

Files

1985pakoriginprovinces.jpg

Citation

Timothy Nunan, “Provinces of Origin for Pakistan-bound Afghan Refugees, 1985,” Shattering Afghanistan: State Destruction and Mass Murder in Central Asia, accessed April 28, 2024, https://shatteringafghanistan.omeka.net/items/show/3.