AFGHANISTAN-ISLAM QALA-MIGRATING AFGHANS

AFGHANISTAN-ISLAM QALA-MIGRATING AFGHANS

(220314) -- ISLAM QALA (AFGHANISTAN), March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Afghans stand in line to leave the country at Islam Qala, a town along the border with Iran in the western Herat province of Afghanistan, March 3, 2022. The U.S.-led coalition force's 20-year war in Afghanistan caused poverty and forced hundreds of thousands of Afghans to leave homeland. In the wake of the withdrawal of the U.S.-led forces in August last year, Washington imposed sanctions on Kabul's new rulers, freezing nearly 10 billion U.S. dollars worth of assets of Afghanistan's central bank, which further worsened the country's smashed economy and forced many Afghans to migrate for livelihood. (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Roundup: Migrating Afghans wish for stable, prosperous motherland

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