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Humanitarian crisis as patients denied entry into Pakistan

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JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Afghans travelling to Pakistan for medical treatment complain of harsh treatment at the Torkham crossing, saying they are denied entry into the neighbouring country even in emergency situations.

They claimed their ailing relatives were not allowed to cross the Torkham border without passports. Afghan officials acknowledged hundreds of people without passports had been turned back.

Nasratullah, a resident of the Qarghayee district of eastern Laghman province, traveled to Torkham to take his sister to Pakistan for treatment. But police did not allow him as his . . .

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