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Ethnic Kyrgyz cannot obtain passports to move to Kyrgyzstan

At least 65 Pamir Kyrgyz got stuck in Faizabad (Afghanistan), waiting for their passports. Deputy Cholpon Sultanbekova announced at a meeting of the Parliament.

According to her, ethnic Kyrgyz cannot obtain identity cards.

«They sold their property, livestock to move to Kyrgyzstan. They need help,» Cholpon Sultanbekova said.

Earlier, President Sadyr Japarov instructed to begin construction of 400 houses for the Pamir Kyrgyz in Chon-Alai district of Osh region. The press service of the head of state reported that the country’s leadership was taking the necessary measures for the complete resettlement of all ethnic Kyrgyz from the territories of the Little and Great Pamirs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

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