September 19, 2024

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Stampede at Pakistan border as hundreds attempt to flee Afghanistan

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A stampede like state of affairs was seen at Spin Boldak in Afghanistan with hundreds attempting to cross the border to Pakistan. In a video shared by EHA News on Twitter, hundreds of Afghans might be seen cramped, squashed within the scorching warmth on the Spin Boldak and Chaman border to flee the Taliban regime. 
📹| Afghans flock to #Pakistan border▪️Thousands of Afghans try to enter Pakistan via the Spin Boldak/Chaman #border crossing in #Afghanistan’s southeast.▪️Stampede and crush in scorching temperatures on the border are equal to or worse than #Kabul airport. pic.twitter.com/agiLxnlFZx— EHA News (@eha_news) August 25, 2021
As per the information company, the panic-stricken conditions on the Afghanistan borders are the identical as Kabul airport. Reportedly, Pakistan has made the migration course of extra stringent and ramped up safety on the extremely delicate border. This can also be the identical location the place Indian journalist Danish Siddiqui was killed by the Jihadi group within the month of July.
‘Peace has been established’
Hanging off the aeroplanes or crossing borders illegally stuffed in transport vehicles, a whole bunch of Afghans who’re particularly on the radar of the Taliban are desperately attempting to cross over to the opposite aspect. 
However, Afghan households stuffed in dozens of vehicles at Pakistan’s aspect of the Spin Boldak-Chaman border are ready to return to Afghanistan to stay beneath the ‘peaceful’ Taliban regime. 
“I am returning to Ghazni, now peace has been established and we are happy that we are returning back to our home. It’s much better to go back and settle there,” remarked one Wali Ur Rahman whereas talking with AFP.
“People want to return but they are not allowed to cross, we request the Pakistani government to allow us to cross the border because there’s no war, and peace has been established,” stated Muhammad Nabi expressing confidence within the Taliban rule. 
Meanwhile, with greater than 10,000 individuals ready on the Kabul airport, US, UK and Australia have raised an alarm of ‘high terror.’ These international locations have been urging their residents to vacate the airport. The US State Department late on Wednesday introduced: “Those at the Abbey Gate, East Gate, or North Gate now should leave immediately” citing potential safety threats.