President Hamid Karzai, in an interview to CNN, has admitted to the fact that Afghans do not feel secure. More than three decades have passed but unfortunately, the people of Afghanistan face grave violence, war and conflict. News of terror activities that take lives of innocent Afghans run on national and international media on daily basis.

With the worst insecurity level that kills thousands of Afghan each year, Afghan elsewhere too face grave problems and dangers to life. On Saturday, a boat carrying hundreds of asylum seekers including Afghans went down en route to Christmas Island of Australia. Even the number of refugees is not clear.

ABC Australia refers to 380 people, of whom 76 have been rescued and the remaining is still missing. The Sydney Morning Herald refers to 200 asylum seekers, with 33 rescued. According to Indonesian authorities, bad weather condition is hampering the search and rescue operations. The prevailing condition in Afghanistan has led Afghans to risk their life for reaching advanced countries of the world.

This is a great tragedy. Such incidents have occurred for several times in the past and would happen again happen in the future. The only step that was taken by Australian government was the off-shore processing of asylum seekers. That also faced its internal politics.

Every year, thousands of Afghans illegally travel to various countries of the world. They try to escape the severe insurgency and lack of employment opportunities in Afghanistan. In the recent years, despite strict immigration rules in many advanced countries, the number of Afghans immigrants reaching Australia, Europe and other developed countries of the world has dramatically increased.

After the fall of Taliban government in 2001, millions of Afghan refugees returned to their country. But according to UNHCR figures, the number of Afghan refugees coming back to Afghanistan has decreased in the recent years. In the last ten years, security has significantly deteriorated. At the same, more than 50 percent of Afghan population lives below or slightly above the line of poverty.

Insecurity and poverty form the main reasons for Afghans to migrate at the risk of their lives. The Afghan government, although supported by international community, has disappointingly failed to bring about any improvement in securing the lives of Afghans and bettering their living condition.