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Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Hundreds of illegal migrants leave from Herat daily
2022-12-24
[AmuTV] Every day, hundreds of Afghans arrive at hotels in Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
 city where they embark on their illegal journey to Iran
...The nation is noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence...
which is facilitated by human traffickers.

Getting into Iran comes with its own dangers, and migrants colonists have died, either from hunger and thirst or at the hands of Iranian border guards who have been known to shoot them.

But first, migrants colonists set off from Islam Qala with human traffickers on their treacherous journey overland through deserts and mountains.

The Herat-Iran route is one of the most popular among migrants colonists although many go through Nimruz province into Pakistain and from there they enter Iran.

But migrants colonists have said that while the Islam Qala route is a lot quicker than the Nimruz route, human traffickers charge a lot more to get them into Iran through Islam Qala.

ONE MIGRANT’S STORY
One Afghan man, who asked to remain anonymous, told Amu TV that migrants colonists hoping to get to Iran first visit the Islam Qala market and then "with the coordination of the traffickers, they are brought to the border zero point in Do Kamana and Chah Khargah or Gorg Abad in Islam Qala."

"The passengers wait through the day there. They (traffickers) have tents in these areas and travelers stay there until the time of departure during the night," he added.

It is not clear how exactly many people illegally travel to Iran on a daily basis but the humanitarian crisis in the country has forced thousands to leave home — including educated people who also choose the illegal migrant route.
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