500,000 Afghans Likely to Seek Refuge in Other Countries, UN Warns

500,000 Afghans Likely to Seek Refuge in Other Countries, UN Warns
People rush towards a border crossing point in Pakistan's border town of Chaman, on July 17, 2021. Banaras Khan/AFP via Getty Images
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The United Nations (UN) said on Friday they are estimating up to half a million Afghan nationals could flee a humanitarian crisis in their homeland in a worst-case scenario.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appealed to all neighboring countries to keep their borders open for refugees seeking safety after a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan this month and multiple bomb attacks by the ISIS terrorist group at Kabul’s airport earlier this week.

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