The ordeal of Afghan national who came to Peshawar for son’s treatment
July 12, 2021
PESHAWAR: Afghan national Abdul Malik seeking treatment of his young son covered hundreds of kilometres to reach Peshawar from Kabul in 13 days.
Normally, it takes a day to cover the distance of about 229 kilometres between Kabul and Peshawar but due to closure of Torkham border, Abdul Malik had gone back from Torkham border via Jalalabad to Kabul and from there he went to Kandahar to cross into Pakistan via Spin Boldak.
To obtain visas for travel to Pakistan, Abdul Malik and his son were quarantined for 10 days in the Afghan capital as per the standard operating procedure to curb the spread of the coronavirus.