Kabul: of Afghanistan Taliban Authorities said on Saturday they would resume issuing passports in Kabul, giving hope to citizens who feel threatened by Islamist rule.
Thousands of Afghans have applied for new travel documents to escape the growing economic and humanitarian crisis described by United Nations As in the “avalanche of hunger”.
Officials will begin issuing documents at the passport office in Kabul from Sunday. Alam Gul HaqqaniThe head of the passport department in the home ministry told reporters.
The Taliban stopped issuing passports soon after their return to power on August 15, as thousands rushed to Kabul’s only airport to catch any international flights that could evacuate them.
In October authorities reopened the passport office in Kabul only to be suspended after working days because of a flood of applications that had damaged the biometric equipment used there.
“All technical issues have now been resolved,” Haqqani said. Initially, travel documents would be given to those who had already applied before the suspended office work.
New applications will be accepted from January 10.
Many Afghans who wanted to visit neighboring countries Pakistan He has been barred for months for medical treatment in the absence of a valid passport.
“My mother has some health issues and we had to go to Pakistan long back, but we could not go because the passport department was closed,” he said. jamsheed, which is preferred by many Afghans to be known by only one name.
“We are happy now that … we can get our passports and go to Pakistan.”
The issuance of passports is also seen as a test of the Taliban’s commitment to the international community, allowing eligible people to leave in the midst of a growing humanitarian crisis.
The Taliban are pressing donors to restore billions of dollars in aid that was suspended when the previous Western-backed regime was stuck in the final stages of a US military withdrawal.
The sudden freeze on aid to an economy already battered by drought and decades of war has dealt an “unprecedented” fiscal blow. united nations development program,
The crisis has forced many people in the capital to sell household items to buy food for their families.
international flights, mainly Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Kabul airport has slowly resumed after the facility was scrapped in August to clear out crowds.
Thousands of Afghans have applied for new travel documents to escape the growing economic and humanitarian crisis described by United Nations As in the “avalanche of hunger”.
Officials will begin issuing documents at the passport office in Kabul from Sunday. Alam Gul HaqqaniThe head of the passport department in the home ministry told reporters.
The Taliban stopped issuing passports soon after their return to power on August 15, as thousands rushed to Kabul’s only airport to catch any international flights that could evacuate them.
In October authorities reopened the passport office in Kabul only to be suspended after working days because of a flood of applications that had damaged the biometric equipment used there.
“All technical issues have now been resolved,” Haqqani said. Initially, travel documents would be given to those who had already applied before the suspended office work.
New applications will be accepted from January 10.
Many Afghans who wanted to visit neighboring countries Pakistan He has been barred for months for medical treatment in the absence of a valid passport.
“My mother has some health issues and we had to go to Pakistan long back, but we could not go because the passport department was closed,” he said. jamsheed, which is preferred by many Afghans to be known by only one name.
“We are happy now that … we can get our passports and go to Pakistan.”
The issuance of passports is also seen as a test of the Taliban’s commitment to the international community, allowing eligible people to leave in the midst of a growing humanitarian crisis.
The Taliban are pressing donors to restore billions of dollars in aid that was suspended when the previous Western-backed regime was stuck in the final stages of a US military withdrawal.
The sudden freeze on aid to an economy already battered by drought and decades of war has dealt an “unprecedented” fiscal blow. united nations development program,
The crisis has forced many people in the capital to sell household items to buy food for their families.
international flights, mainly Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Kabul airport has slowly resumed after the facility was scrapped in August to clear out crowds.
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