August 3, 2023
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Passport delays upset Afghan citizens

Passport applicants have been attempting to get passports for many years, but they have not received them….reports Asian Lite News

The Afghan citizens have raised their concerns regarding the slow passport distribution process in the country and stated that not having a passport had caused residents to face several issues, TOLOnews reported.

In interviews to TOLOnews, the Afghan citizens said that they asked the General Directorate of Passports to speed up passport distribution in the nation’s capital and other provinces. However, under the Taliban regime, the people of Afghanistan continue to only face problems.

“I’ve been coming here for about three or four days, and I requested a name change on my passport. The manager collected our documents, and I don’t know what will happen next,” said Idris, a resident of Kabul, according to TOLOnews.

Passport applicants have been attempting to get passports for many years, but they have not received them.

Separately, another resident of Kabul, Zazai said, “People are having a lot of issues. Some of them applied a year ago, but they haven’t yet received them. People have (medical) patients.”

According to the General Directorate of Passports, eight to ten thousand passports are granted daily in Kabul and the provinces, and attempts are being made to establish passport distribution centres in each of the capital’s four zones, according to TOLOnews.

Meanwhile, following the slow progress of road repair work in Kabul, the residents have complained that the dust emanating from the construction work is causing various illnesses, according to TOLOnews.

They said that the damage to the roads is not a recent one but it has been four to five months since the construction began. “It has been four or five months since the digging and construction of the road began, from Chehelston Garden to this place, but no one has asked for it yet,” a resident, Qais said, according to TOLOnews.

“It has been a year since they started work on a part of the road and then it stops for five to six months and then starts again, and the people have faced challenges regarding this road,” said Rahmatullah, a Kabul resident separately.

However, some locals view road damage as one of the biggest obstacles to their everyday journey.

Kabul resident Faiz Agha stated, “The weather is hot, everyone is sick, and right now I’m sick from the dust of the roads.”

“It has been five months since the construction of the road started,” TOLOnews quoted Ahmad Fawad, a resident of Kabul as saying.

“There are many problems with dust and road construction. People become sick,” he added. (ANI)

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