Stampede Kills 11 Afghan Women Gathered for Pakistani Visa

  October 21, 2020   News ID 318
Stampede Kills  11 Afghan Women Gathered for Pakistani Visa
A provincial council member in the eastern city of Jalalabad, where the incident occurred, said that of the 15 dead, 11 were women and several senior citizens were wounded.

Afghanistan, SAEDNEWS, Oct. 21: At least 15 Afghans have been killed and more than a dozen injured in a stampede in eastern Afghanistan. Officials said on Wednesday the stampede occurred in an open ground where thousands of Afghans had gathered to secure visas from the Pakistan consulate. Sohrab Qaderi, a provincial council member in eastern Jalalabad city, where the incident occurred, said on Wednesday of the 15 people dead, 11 were women and several senior citizens were wounded.Two other provincial officials said over 3,000 Afghans had congregated to collect to kens needed to apply for a visa to travel to Pakistan.


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