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Uncertain times make young Afghans think of fleeing
 [NATION.PK] With one of the world’s youngest and fastest growing populations, Afghanistan is struggling to tap into this immense wealth as dire threats of war force many of its promising youths to flee abroad.Panicked by advancing Taliban...the Pashtun equivalent of men... holy warriors, huge numbers of educated young Afghans have been flocking to the main passport office in the Karta-e-Chahar neighborhood of the capital Kabul. "I see no future here [in Afghanistan] for myself or my children," Syed Erfan, a young government employee and father of two, told Anadolu Agency while waiting for his turn in the huge queue outside the office. Officials at the Passport Directorate of the Ministry of Interior Affairs said the main office in Kabul has been overwhelmed with applicants since the US announced its exit strategy from Afghanistan back in May. "Our capacity is of around 4,000 passports a day, but the applications we are receiving are much more than that," said one of the officials, who wished not to be named as he was not authorized to speak to the media. Posted by: Fred 2021-07-09 |
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