Afghan scavengers in Karachi crosshairs
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Afghan scavengers in Karachi crosshairs

Karāchi : Pakistan | Aug 02, 2012 at 1:14 AM PDT
Source: DAWN
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Barkat Khan was shot dead as he slept, curled up in the muck in one of the roughest parts of Karachi. He was a dirt-poor 13-year-old Afghan who never went to school and never dared to dream of a better life. Friends say he was an innocent victim of an increasingly vicious cycle of what is commonly perceived... FULL ARTICLE AT DAWN
 
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