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Each day an estimated 7,000 Afghans apply for passports
Afghans do not apply for passports unless they intend to travel outside the country since they do not use passports for identification at home.
That means more than 200,000 Afghans plan on leaving the country each month — a sudden and dramatic increase.
The head of the Afghan passport distribution directorate, General Sayed Omar Saboori, told VOA the directorate's central and provincial offices have the capacity to provide only 2,500 passports on a daily basis.
According to Babar Baluch of United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Hungary, of the 140,000 people who sought asylum in Hungary alone this year, 40,000 of them are Afghans.
On Monday, hundreds of Afghans took to the streets in the capital, Kabul, to protest against the rising unemployment in the country. Protestors were complaining about the lack of employment opportunities and warned of “mass exodus” if the government fails to address the issue.
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But a young society can be a double edged sword. Employed, young people contribute to the country’s economy; unemployed, they can be a force of instability. As one of those who took part in Monday’s protest in Kabul said, “It's unemployment that pushes Afghan youth to join the insurgents or use drugs.”
Afghans do not apply for passports unless they intend to travel outside the country since they do not use passports for identification at home.
That means more than 200,000 Afghans plan on leaving the country each month — a sudden and dramatic increase.
The head of the Afghan passport distribution directorate, General Sayed Omar Saboori, told VOA the directorate's central and provincial offices have the capacity to provide only 2,500 passports on a daily basis.
According to Babar Baluch of United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Hungary, of the 140,000 people who sought asylum in Hungary alone this year, 40,000 of them are Afghans.
On Monday, hundreds of Afghans took to the streets in the capital, Kabul, to protest against the rising unemployment in the country. Protestors were complaining about the lack of employment opportunities and warned of “mass exodus” if the government fails to address the issue.
...
But a young society can be a double edged sword. Employed, young people contribute to the country’s economy; unemployed, they can be a force of instability. As one of those who took part in Monday’s protest in Kabul said, “It's unemployment that pushes Afghan youth to join the insurgents or use drugs.”
