Afghan Taliban Has Closed The Country's Borders

Afghans are now fleeing on foot to neighbouring countries such as Iran in a bid to escape after the UK told them to head to the border, while many countries have announced they are ending their airlift operations. But for those who have made the exhausting journey to Afghanistan's borders, freedom is not guaranteed

This is not #Kabulairport, this is Spin Boldak border where thousands of people wants to flee Afghanistan to Pakistan. The situation here is far worse than the situation at #KabulAirport but because there are no foreign forces here, it has not been covered by the media. pic.twitter.com/LrUuXk1JSv

— Natiq Malikzada (@natiqmalikzada) August 25, 2021

Daily Mail: No way out: Afghans flee to the border as Kabul airport is hit by suicide bomb attack - but Taliban won't let anyone through crossings and neighbouring countries send BACK those who make it across 

* The Taliban now control all of Afghanistan's main border crossing points with neighbouring countries, making it difficult for Afghans to flee 

* For those Afghans who make it across the border, many are being sent back to Afghanistan by the countries 

* Afghans who reached Iran last week were sent back after being given food while Uzbekistan sent 150 Afghan refugees back to Afghanistan last week as per an agreement with the Taliban 

Thousands of Afghans are fleeing to the border, but their bid to escape is being thwarted at Taliban-controlled crossings. 

Even those who make it out of Afghanistan have discovered there is no escape because neighbouring countries are sending them back to their home country. 

Their desperation to escape has only increased following today's ISIS bomb attack near Kabul airport that killed at least 13 people.  

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Update: Hundreds of miles from Kabul, videos show a sea of people flooding Afghanistan's border with Pakistan in a desperate bid to flee the country (Insider)  

WNU Editor: Good luck at crossing a closed border .... Fleeing Afghans should try to get to border, says UK defence secretary (The Guardian).