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[ali_raza]

Lets make a Pakistan for them within Afghanistan..so they dont go through this misery every day..
Im sure Ghani wouldnt mind if Pakistani Pashtuns run the show..

thats wht we r doing soon

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

Very sad, Pakistan Government should make special quota for older folks and women, especially pregnant women.

 

[undercover JIX]

recent IED terrorist attacked should have made Pak Govt to close borders again. We know Afghans are being used by India for terrorism in Pakistan, so why and what purpose fence is for when they can come anytime with anything through Gates.

hansain ya raoin kuch samajh nahi aaati....

 

[Silverblaze]

If Afghans were rational they would jump at the opportunity to become a province of Pakistan, but pride prevents them from doing what is intelligent.

Pakistan offered to merge both countries back in the 50s and even conveyed to accept King Zahir Shah as the king of Pakistan, but their pride came in the way.

Afghan government versus the Afghan people. Remember the difference whenever putting forth the above fact.

Enmity with the Afghan people will not lead us anywhere.

Rulers are a mere reflection of the people. Afghan ethnic pride is the issue. If they are too proud to be afghan, islamic brotherhood does not to apply to them.

 

[xyxmt]

I feel bad for the Afghan citizens but this is the very same Pakistan they hate and yet want Visa for Pakistan?

its only Northern alliance goons that hate Pakistan, don't forget have have our own goons in Pakistan who hate Pakistan and one of them we chose as our prime minister....3 times.

 

[Silverblaze]

Have you been on platforms like Youtube, Facebook, and TikTok? Afghans spew hate on Pakistani-related videos without reason. Using words like "Dhalkhor", or claiming Pashtun-Pakistani singers, or claiming Pakistani-Pashtun land as their own.

You have to understand that they are ethnic supremacists. Now how can someone who takes more pride in his/her ethnicity than religion be considered a muslim?

Everyone is free to celebrate their culture, but to consider your ethnicity superior to others is unislamic. Why should Pakistan consider them a part of ummah if they dont want to be a part themselves?

Same applies to anyone who behave that way. Sadly, many Pakistanis still do not understand.

 

[Itachi]

Have you been on platforms like Youtube, Facebook, and TikTok? Afghans spew hate on Pakistani-related videos without reason. Using words like "Dhalkhor", or claiming Pashtun-Pakistani singers, or claiming Pakistani-Pashtun land as their own.

I have.....most are indoctrinated Afghans, who might not even be living in Afghanistan.

Btw, anyone can make a FB page and make it appear like the content is coming from an Afghan...if you get my hint.

 

[Bilal.]

Innalillahe Wainnaalaiherajiun

 

[Myth_buster_1]

Very sad, Pakistan Government should make special quota for older folks and women, especially pregnant women.

last time they did that during 1980s, these women were up for just 50 rupees.

 

[surge]

Innalillahi wainalrajioun. Sad state of affairs

 

[PakistaniandProud]

Btw, anyone can make a FB page and make it appear like the content is coming from an Afghan...if you get my hint.

Why are you trying your best to shift the blame away from Afghan supremacists??

 

[Dalit]

Demand for Pakistan Visas Fuels Deadly Stampede in Afghanistan
At least 12 people died as thousands crowded a soccer stadium. Many were seeking medical care in Pakistan, which recently eased its pandemic border restrictions.

Afghan men strained to get the tokens required to apply for Pakistani visas in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Wednesday.Credit...Parwiz/Reuters
By Zabihullah Ghazi and Fahim Abed

• Oct. 21, 2020Updated 5:48 a.m. ET

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JALALABAD, Afghanistan — A stampede in a crowded stadium in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday left at least 12 women dead, officials said. The women were among thousands of people hoping to get visas to enter Pakistan for medical treatment.
Many people in Afghanistan, a war-ravaged country with minimal health care facilities, cross the border into Pakistan for treatment. But since the spring, Pakistan had drastically reduced the number of visas that it issued to Afghans, hoping to minimize the spread of the coronavirus.
Pakistan recently announced that it would resume issuing visas at a more normal rate. But there was so much pent-up demand that thousands of people gathered before dawn at the soccer stadium, in the city of Jalalabad, waiting for tokens to be given out that would enable them to apply for visas. Just 1,000 visas were to be processed that day.
About 10,000 people were in the stadium when the stampede occurred, said Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar Province, which includes Jalalabad. The stampede began as the tokens were being distributed to the crowd, Mr. Khogyani said.

“There were several thousand women,” he said. “All of those killed were ill women who were trying to get a visa and go for their treatment to Pakistan.”

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A man injured in the stampede arrived for treatment at a Jalalabad hospital. Credit...Parwiz/Reuters
Pakistan, despite its tense relations with the Afghan government over its tacit support for the Taliban, is a key destination for Afghans. About three million Afghan refugees live there, and until the pandemic struck, there was a constant flow of Afghans across the border, seeking work or medical care.
The Pakistani Consulate in Jalalabad, which distributes visas for residents of seven eastern and southeastern provinces, recently reopened after being closed for nearly eight months because of Pakistan’s coronavirus travel restrictions. Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s special envoy for Afghanistan, had recently announced a new visa regime that would ease the process for issuing long-term, multiple-entry visas for Afghans.
“The charges of corruption and mishandling of applicants in recent years had tarnished the image of Pakistan and caused hardship to visa applicants,” Mr. Sadiq said in announcing the new visa policy.

The provincial authorities in Nangarhar announced the new procedure for distributing tokens to visa applicants, which was meant to discourage crowding in light of the heavy demand. Under the rules, the first 1,000 people would get tokens and the rest would have to try their luck the next day, Mr. Khogyani said.
“The stampede broke out in the women’s section,” said an eyewitness, Abdullah, who like many Afghans goes by one name. “Then police arrived and the situation got worse. I escaped from the stadium. When I came back, several women were lying on the ground and they were dead.”

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The coffin of a victim of the stampede, outside a Jalalabad mortuary.Credit...Noorullah Shirzada/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
In July, clashes along the Afghan-Pakistani border left 15 civilians dead in Kandahar Province, as the Pakistani Army fired heavy artillery into civilian areas. Protesters on both sides of the border had demanded the reopening of a border crossing that Pakistan had closed because of the pandemic.
The stampede came on another bloody day of violence across Afghanistan, as the Taliban waged attacks despite continuing peace talks in Qatar between the militants and government negotiators.
The bloodiest attack took place in the northern province of Takhar, where a police special forces unit was ambushed by the Taliban, officials said. More than 42 police officers were killed, according to Wafiullah Rahmani, head of the provincial council, who spoke from a hospital where bodies were arriving.
Mr. Rahmani said the head of the special forces unit, a provincial deputy police chief, was among the dead. “The hospital is so busy, and many people are looking for their loved ones,” he said. “The casualties may increase, as many police officers are still missing.”
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Other security officials put the toll even higher. “I have counted 50 dead bodies and I have got tired of counting,” said Karimullah Bek, a pro-government militia commander in the area.
Zabihullah Ghazi reported from Jalalabad, and Fahim Abed from Kabul, Afghanistan. Mujib Mashal and Najim Rahim contributed reporting from Kabul.

Demand for Pakistan Visas Sets Off Deadly Stampede in Afghanistan (Published 2020)

At least 12 people died as thousands crowded a soccer stadium. Many were seeking medical care in Pakistan, which recently eased its pandemic border restrictions.

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حالات حاضرہ
پاکستانی قونصل خانے کے باہر بھگدڑ، 12 افراد ہلاک
افغانستان کے مشرقی شہر جلال آباد میں پاکستانی قونصل خانے کے باہر بھگدڑ کے نتیجے میں کم از کم ایک درجن افغان شہری مارے گئے ہیں۔ قونصل خانے کے باہر ہزاروں افراد پاکستانی ویزا حاصل کرنے کے لیے جمع تھے۔





بھگدڑ جیسی صورت حال مشرقی افغان شہر جلال آباد کے ایک میدان میں پیدا ہوئی۔ ہلاک ہونے والوں میں بیشتر خواتین شامل ہیں۔ یہ لوگ ویزے کی درخواست جمع کرانے کے لیے ٹوکن حاصل کرنے کی کوشش میں تھے۔ کئی دوسرے شہروں سے بھی افراد علی الصبح اس میدان میں جمع ہونا شروع ہو گئے تھے۔

اس بھگدڑ اور ہلاکتوں کی تصدیق ننگرہار صوبے کی صوبائی کونسل کے اراکین اجمل عمر اور سہراب قادری نے جرمن نیوز ایجنسی ڈی پی اے کے ساتھ بات کرتے ہوئے کی۔ ان اراکین نے بتایا کہ مقامی اسٹیڈیم میں پاکستانی ویزے کی درخواستیں جمع کرانے والے افراد کی تعداد تیس سے چالیس ہزار کے درمیان تھی۔

پاکستانی قونصل خانے کے قریب بھگدڑ، 12 افراد ہلاک – DW – 21.10.2020

افغانستان کے مشرقی شہر جلال آباد میں پاکستانی قونصل خانے کے باہر بھگدڑ کے نتیجے میں کم از کم ایک درجن افغان شہری مارے گئے ہیں۔ قونصل خانے کے باہر ہزاروں افراد پاکستانی ویزا حاصل کرنے کے لیے جمع تھے۔

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Such brotherhood between Hindustan and Afghanistan. Yet Afghans keep coming to Pakistan in record numbers. You wonder why.

 

[Imran Khan]

Such brotherhood between Hindustan and Afghanistan. Yet Afghans keep coming to Pakistan in record numbers. You wonder why.

khuda jab aqaal baaant raha tha ye log kaheen charas pi rahy thy

 

[Clutch]

Why aren't they clambering to go to India their favorite Buddy??

 

[Itachi]

khuda jab aqaal baaant raha tha ye log kaheen charas pi rahy thy

They have done things your kind can never imagine to achieve. For one, they weren't enslaved by the British mindset like yours.

If today they're asking for help and you turn away. Tomorrow you'll be asking for their help and that day isn't far either.

Want me to go on?