The Taliban government said on Saturday that it will resume issuing passports in Kabul, giving hope to citizens who feel threatened under the new government.
The Taliban stopped issuing passports after coming to power on August 15, as thousands flocked to the Kabul airport in hopes of catching international evacuation flights.
Despite authorities having reopened the passport office in Kabul in October, the flood of applications received crashed the equipment used there, causing a suspension of workdays.
Thousands of Afghan citizens had applied for travel documents to escape the crisis described by the United Nations as an “avalanche of hunger”.
“All the technical issues have now been resolved,” Alam Gul Haqqani, the head of the passport department in the interior ministry, told reporters, adding that initially travel documents will be given to those who had already applied before the office suspended work.
New applications will be accepted starting January 10, he added.
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