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Article on Tolo here, excerpts below:
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As waves of migrants continue to flow into Greece from conflict hit countries, including Afghanistan, many of them have said simply, life in Afghanistan is too dangerous for them.
It is these people from all over Afghanistan flocking to the country's only passport office, in Kabul city, where they wait in long queues from dawn to submit their documents during working hours.
Sayeed Masoud, a 19-year-old student who will graduate from high school in two months, said that he wants to leave the country as soon as possible, even if he is not able to get his diploma.
"Afghanistan has economic problems, and people are living in hardship. There are explosions and suicide attacks every day. We cannot live in this country anymore, so I decided to go to Germany," he said.
Masoud said that he would go anywhere in Europe, as long as he could leave Afghanistan.
However, it is very difficult for Afghans to get a visa for Europe or the United States.
Issa Rahman, a young man from eastern Afghanistan, said his chances of getting a European Schengen visa are very slim. However, he has no choice but to flee for his personal safety. He said that having worked for a foreign organization was now putting him at risk.
"I once worked for a foreign company. Paktia Province is very unsafe because it has been hit by war. There are threats to my personal safety. I've received two or three threatening phone calls. They said they have evidence of my experience working for foreigners," he said.
Rahman said that he wanted to go to Turkey and then head for Germany. However, he has no idea how he will make a living once there as he cannot speak German or English.
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As waves of migrants continue to flow into Greece from conflict hit countries, including Afghanistan, many of them have said simply, life in Afghanistan is too dangerous for them.
It is these people from all over Afghanistan flocking to the country's only passport office, in Kabul city, where they wait in long queues from dawn to submit their documents during working hours.
Sayeed Masoud, a 19-year-old student who will graduate from high school in two months, said that he wants to leave the country as soon as possible, even if he is not able to get his diploma.
"Afghanistan has economic problems, and people are living in hardship. There are explosions and suicide attacks every day. We cannot live in this country anymore, so I decided to go to Germany," he said.
Masoud said that he would go anywhere in Europe, as long as he could leave Afghanistan.
However, it is very difficult for Afghans to get a visa for Europe or the United States.
Issa Rahman, a young man from eastern Afghanistan, said his chances of getting a European Schengen visa are very slim. However, he has no choice but to flee for his personal safety. He said that having worked for a foreign organization was now putting him at risk.
"I once worked for a foreign company. Paktia Province is very unsafe because it has been hit by war. There are threats to my personal safety. I've received two or three threatening phone calls. They said they have evidence of my experience working for foreigners," he said.
Rahman said that he wanted to go to Turkey and then head for Germany. However, he has no idea how he will make a living once there as he cannot speak German or English.
