A senior
official from Afghanistan has confirmed that the country will start issuing
passports to its citizens once again after months of delay.

This had hampered
the attempts of several Afghani nationals who wished to depart from the country
following Taliban’s takeover in August.

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The
applicants will be given documents which will be similar in appearance to those
issues by the previous government of the state.

The process had been slowed
down several days before the Islamist militants’ coup following the departure
of the United States‘ forces.

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Alam Gul
Haqqani is the acting head of the passport office. In conversation with
reporters in Kabul he revealed that between 5,000 – 6,000 passports will be
issued every day.

Female citizens applying for the documentation will be met by
female officials who will process the documentation.

While it is
good news that some women will find employment, the situation under which they
will be getting it is far from ideal.

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Qari Sayeed
Khosti, a spokesman of the Interior ministry told the press that 25,000 applicants
had already reached the final stage of payment for receiving their passports
while approximately 100,000 applications are in the earlier stages and yet to
go through a long process.

Several
people are desperate to leave the country and the crowd includes students enrolled
in foreign universities, nationals who work in foreign nations and patients who
are in need of immediate medical attention among several others.

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People had
started gathering outside the passport office and demanding for the process to
be resumed.

Rostam Amerkhil, a resident of Afghanistan’s Wardak told ANI, “Everything
is connected to the passport if they want to leave the country or stay. Let the
passport office be open, don’t cause trouble for people.”

He urged the
enacting government to keep the people’s interests in mind and make life easier
for them rather than increasing difficulties.