A frail looking 70-year-old, he clings to the closed gate with both hands, his shaking fingers tightly gripping the metal bars. “Inshallah!” (“God willing.”) He travelled several hours from Kapiza province by bus to get to Kabul for his appointment. That’s why I want to go to Pakistan.”The health system in Afghanistan is overworked and underfunded. Photograph: Stefanie Glinski/The GuardianLast year, a total of 61,731 medical visas were issues by Pakistan’s embassy and consulates in Afghanistan – roughly 5,000 applications are made daily and about 1,400 visas are issued daily. Outside the embassy in Kabul, located in a traffic-jammed, busy part of the capital, hundreds of men prepare for a cold night outside.

Source: The Guardian June 12, 2019 06:01 UTC