The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in the Czech capital, Prague, rushed to the aid of a number of Afghan refugees and students in Ukraine following reports of their detention.
The Ambassador of the Republic of Afghanistan in the Czech Republic, Shehzad Aryobi, urged Afghans to contact them through the embassy’s WhatsApp application or email address and register their names.
Mr Aryobi told VOA that the Czech Republic was in contact with the State Department and that Afghan ambassadors to Europe had set up a coordination group to expel Afghans from Ukraine.
However, he added that talks had not yet taken place with Afghans who had been transferred from Kabul to Ukraine during the US evacuation operation and did not have legal documents such as passports.
However, Mr Aryobi added that the same number of Afghans could also contact the Afghan embassy in the Czech Republic so that the countries hosting them could be contacted and they could leave Ukraine.
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a number of its citizens have fled to neighboring countries and safer areas, including a number of Afghans living in Ukraine.
A number of Afghan refugees who were transferred to Ukraine in a US evacuation operation after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan say Ukrainian border guards have prevented them from leaving the country.
The refugees, who fled the war in Afghanistan and sought a better life, have been caught in the crossfire between Russian and Ukrainian forces in Ukraine without travel documents.
Haseebullah Noori is an Afghan refugee who served with US forces in Afghanistan. He told VOA that after settling in the camp, the Ukrainian authorities took away their passports and in return gave them a certificate to use in the country.
He added that he had tried to enter Slovakia and Poland without a passport, but that Ukrainian border guards on both sides of the border had not allowed him to leave the country.
Some embassies of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan are still operating under the banner of Afghanistan after the fall of the republic and the fall of the Taliban.
