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Hundreds of Afghans cross the border in Torkham after fleeing Pakistan, as a government deadline for them to leave sparked a mass exodus. IMAGES
Chaman, Aug 27 (EFE/EPA).- The United Nations refugee agency Friday urged Pakistan to open its borders for refugees fleeing Taliban rule in Afghanistan.“We call upon the government to open its border for vulnerable Afghans whose life is at risk in Afghanistan,” the UNHCR spokesperson Qaiser Khan Afridi told EFE.Afridi said that the Pakistan government was not allowing Afghans to enter the country without a visa. (Camera: STRINGER).SHOT LIST: AFGHAN PEOPLE WAIT TO CROSS THE BORDER AT CHAMAN BORDER POINT, IN PAKISTAN.
Thousands of Afghans are stranded at the border with Pakistan, after a Pakistani government deadline for them to leave sparked a mass exodus. Islamabad has given 1.7 million Afghans it says are living illegally in the country until November 1 to leave voluntarily or be forcibly removed. IMAGES
Tehran (Iran), Oct 1 (EFE) .- (Camera: Marina Villén) They fled Afghanistan for fear of the Taliban and crossed illegally into Iran. They all have in common a traumatic displacement, a current situation of helplessness and the difficult goal of rebuilding their lives in a country overwhelmed by the large number of refugees.FOOTAGE OF AFGHAN FAMILIES THAT RECENTLY ARRIVED IN IRAN FLEEING FROM THE TALIBANS.SOUNDBITES FROM AZIZE DOR MOHAMAD AND NUR MOHAMAD AHMADÍ (MOTHERS OF THE TWO LEADING FAMILIES OF THE HISTORY).TRANSLATIONS (BY ORDER OF APPEARANCE):1: Azize dor Mohamad"We came without a passport, illegally, smuggled. We were on the road for 21 days, we were hungry and thirsty, for two whole days we had neither water nor bread."2: Nur Mohamad Ahmadi:"We were afraid. It was said that the Taliban come and kidnap the girls to marry them and that they take the boys to fight in the war."
Chaman (Pakistan), Sep 20 (EFE / EPA).- The flows of people who cross the Chaman border between Pakistan and Afghanistan on a daily basis continue regularly despite the takeover of the Afghan government by the Taliban on the 15th of August.FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE CROSSING THE BORDER HEADING TO AFGHANISTAN FROM THE PAKISTAN SIDE.
Kabul (Afghanistan), Aug 19 (EFE / EPA).- Despite fear of the Taliban — remembered for the brutality of their previous regime between 1996-2001 —, civilians in different parts of the country came together to oppose the replacement of the national flag with the white flag of the Taliban.FOOTAGE OF THE AFGHANISTAN INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS IN KABUL.
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