Fleeing the Taliban: Afghans met with rising anti-refugee hostility in Turkey

As violence causes a fresh wave of desperate journeys, populist politicians claim their country has become a dumping ground'

It was a journey that had taken weeks, and there were times when the 65-year-old Afghan widow, who walks with the aid of a stick, had to be carried by her son.

Their trek, across 15 canyons she says, left Durdana with badly scarred feet. I have not had a day of peace in over 40 years. I had to come to Turkey, there was no choice."