Thousands Are Fleeing Afghanistan Everyday

Thousands of Afghans are fleeing the country every day, smugglers have said, mostly on three routes all of which begin in Herat - a smuggling hub. The most direct, expensive, and dangerous route goes from there to Tehran via a crossing at Kohsan where migrants have to swim a deadly river, but stand the least chance of getting caught. A second route goes south to Zaranj before the crossing into Iran, to a safehouse in Kerman. From there, the migrants are taken to Tehran when the coast is clear of guards. The third and most-common route goes via Pakistan to Iran - it is the cheapest, but has the largest chance of capture  

Daily Mail: Exodus from Afghanistan: Hundreds of thousands flee their homes as Taliban take over country with people smuggler revealing thousands are already crossing the border PER DAY on their way to Europe and the UK 

* 400,000 Afghans have fled their homes since the start of the year, including almost 300,000 since May 

* Smuggler says thousands are now leaving the country each day for Iran, with many hoping to reach Europe 

* Comes as the Taliban rampages through cities and countryside, capturing two thirds of the country 

* There are now warnings that Kabul could fall in as little as a month, sparking a fresh refugee crisis 

Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes in Afghanistan with thousands being smuggled out of the country each day amid a Taliban onslaught that has sparked fears of a new refugee crisis. 

Smugglers in the city of Zaranj - a border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran that was captured by the Taliban last week - say the number of people looking to leave the country has trebled in recent months amid fears the Islamists will soon retake power. 

One smuggler, speaking to MailOnline, said that on a 'good day' he takes now 150 people across the border to Tehran compared to 50 in recent years - with many hoping to escape Iran into Turkey and then onwards to Europe and the UK, where they intend to claim asylum.  

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Update: Germany: Afghanistan conflict will increase migration, says lawmaker (DW)  

WNU Editor: Millions fled Afghanistan when the Taliban took control in the 1990s. History is not going to repeat itself.