Trapped Afghan nationals staged a protest demonstration against suspension of Torkham border on Tuesday. A large number of stranded Afghan citizens, gathered in front of Landi Kotal press club in main bazaar while asking for relaxation at the border. They chanted full-throat slogans against Afghan government and the Afghan ambassador in Islamabad. The speakers said that thousands of Afghanistan bound citizens including children and women, stuck in Landi Kotal for the last one week willing to go to their country, however the Afghan government has turned blind eyes towards them. They also came hard on the Afghan ambassador in Islamabad and said that even a single official from the Peshawar conciliate had not visit them to be informed of their miseries. The protesters added that they had taken refuge in mosques, verandas and streets under an open sky in Landi Kotal bazaar and beside the officials local philanthropists provided them food and water.
Stranded Afghans protest against suspension of Torkham border
Trapped Afghan nationals staged a protest demonstration against suspension of Torkham border on Tuesday. A large number of stranded Afghan citizens, gathered in front of Landi Kotal press club in main bazaar while asking for relaxation at the border. They chanted full-throat slogans against Afghan government and the Afghan ambassador in Islamabad. The speakers said […]
