The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
said that more than 2,000 people a day apply for passports at their department, and the department is capable of issuing only 200 to 250 passports each day.
Officials said that crowding and chaos have created challenges for the department, and they asked all applicants to follow the procedure in an orderly way.
"We have collected around 2,500 to 3,500 applications, and we cannot accept new applications and documents until finishing and processing these applications," said Nader Wadan, head of the Nangarhar Passport department.
Nangarhar residents urged the department to speed up the process of issuing passports.
"In the past, a bank was near here and when we received our bill for payment we delivered them to the bank and there was no need to go to Kabul Bank which is far from here," said Didar Sapai, a passport applicant.
"We have been coming here for several days, believe me, we are exhausted, there is a lot of problems here," said Zarmina, a passport applicant.
Based on the statistics of the Nangarhar passport department, the office has the capacity to issue 200 to 250 passports per day, while the number of passport applicants in this department ecceeds 2,000 daily.
Over 28,000 Afghans applied for temporary US visa
[KhaamaPress] Federal officials have said that more than 28,000 Afghans have been applied for temporary visas into the US but added that only 100 of them have been approved so far.
The applications have been filed shortly before the Taliban
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recaptured Afghanistan on August 15.
US Citizenship and Immigration Services have struggled to keep up with the surge in applicants but they have promised to be increasing the number of staff to expedite the approval process.
On the other hand, Afghan families who have permanently been settled in the US say that they are waiting for their relatives to be settled in the US and are afraid to be targeted by the Taliban.
Each parole applicant- Afghans who will fund families in the US- has so far paid hundreds of dollars that amount to $11.5 million in total that has been paid in the last few months.
Since the humanitarian parole needs in-person interview thus, Afghans must travel abroad to a third country where they must find a US embassy or consulate to visit for their interview.
Flight restrictions in Afghanistan have made it harder for people to travel abroad.
US’s temporary visas do not confer lawful permanent residence or US immigration but is a way for those who want to leave their country urgently.
Al Ahram has more on the story here.