VAN – Afghans who manage to make the weeks-long journey through Iran on foot to the Turkish border face a three-meter high wall, ditches, or barbed wire as Turkish authorities step up efforts to block any refugee influx into the country.
The beefed-up border measures in Turkey, which already hosts nearly four million Syrian refugees and is a staging post for many migrants trying to reach Europe, began as the Taliban started advancing in Afghanistan and took over Kabul last week.
Authorities plan to add another 64 kilometers (km) by the end of the year to a border wall started in 2017. Ditches, wire, and security patrols around the clock will cover the rest of the 560 km frontier.(Reuters)
