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Uzbekistan denies transit visa for Afghans in Kazakhstan - TV.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

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[Presenter] Afghans in Kazakhstan demand the green light - they want to return to their motherland. However, to get an Uzbek transit visa is as difficult as to win the main prize in a lottery. [Correspondent] Sergey Tonkikh has the report.

[Correspondent] "[Uzbek President] Islam Karimov, offer a helping hand and open a green corridor to Afghanistan!" This is today's slogan of the Afghans in Kazakhstan, of those who left the motherland fleeing the Taleban onslaught.

[Afghan] specialists, who are needed in many areas, are ready to return. However, it has been very difficult so far. The Uzbek diplomatic mission hampers issuing transit visas for crossing its …

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