Taliban govt resumes issuing Afghan passports in Kabul
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities said Saturday they will resume issuing passports in Kabul, giving hope to citizens who feel threatened living under the Islamists' rule, France 24 reports.
Thousands of Afghans have applied for new travel documents to escape a growing economy as well as a humanitarian crisis described by the United Nations as an "avalanche of hunger".
Authorities will start issuing the documents from Sunday at Kabul's passport office, Alam Gul Haqqani, the head of the passport department in the interior ministry, told reporters.
The Taliban stopped issuing passports shortly after their August 15 return to power, as tens of thousands of people scrambled to Kabul's only airport in a bid to catch any international flight that could evacuate them.
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