Yaar ajeeb log hain yea ? aab india ne gand par lath mari hai tu aab yea phir se Pakistan aana chatay hain.. aab main un ko bhai manta hoon aur ghareeb log hain zyada kuch keh bhi sakta magar Pakistan ko galiyaan deh kaar phir Pakistan ke Visa ke lyea maray jana ? istra tu nahin chalay ga ... yahee kuch 8-9 months pehle yea log Pakistan consulate jalalabad ke samne protest kar rahe the , patrao bhi kya tha i remember and now see what is going.
At least 15 people were killed on Tuesday in a stampede near Pakistan's consulate in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, officials say.
They said jostling had broken out among some 3,000 people waiting at a football stadium to collect tokens needed to apply for a visa.
Eleven of those who died were reportedly women, who had been queuing separately from the men as is customary in Afghanistan.
The stampede occurred despite the hundreds of policemen deployed to the stadium to control the crowd, officials said.
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Several people were also injured in the stampede
Some of those in the crowd had been outside the consulate all night. The consulate had resumed issuing visas just last week after the coronavirus outbreak forced a seven-month pause.
Many Afghans travel to neighboring Pakistan each year for medical treatment, education and employment. The two countries share an almost 2,600-kilometer (roughly 1,600-mile) border.
Millions of Afghans have also taken refuge in Pakistan over the past decades to escape the almost constant conflict in their home country.
Although official numbers are low at around 40,000, anecdotal evidence suggests the real figures are vastly higher, given
Source : https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-stampede-near-pakistani-consulate-kills-several/a-55345021
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Several people have died in the Afghan city of Jalalabad after jostling broke out in a crowd of would-be applicants for Pakistani visas. Some had stood at a football stadium near the Pakistani consulate all night.At least 15 people were killed on Tuesday in a stampede near Pakistan's consulate in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, officials say.
They said jostling had broken out among some 3,000 people waiting at a football stadium to collect tokens needed to apply for a visa.
Eleven of those who died were reportedly women, who had been queuing separately from the men as is customary in Afghanistan.
The stampede occurred despite the hundreds of policemen deployed to the stadium to control the crowd, officials said.
Read more:Why polio continues to be a health risk in Pakistan
Several people were also injured in the stampede
Some of those in the crowd had been outside the consulate all night. The consulate had resumed issuing visas just last week after the coronavirus outbreak forced a seven-month pause.
Many Afghans travel to neighboring Pakistan each year for medical treatment, education and employment. The two countries share an almost 2,600-kilometer (roughly 1,600-mile) border.
Millions of Afghans have also taken refuge in Pakistan over the past decades to escape the almost constant conflict in their home country.
Although official numbers are low at around 40,000, anecdotal evidence suggests the real figures are vastly higher, given
Source : https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-stampede-near-pakistani-consulate-kills-several/a-55345021
