Ajmal Rahmani stated he labored for NATO in Afghanistan for 18 years at Kabul airport.
Medyka, Poland:
After leaving Afghanistan a 12 months in the past, Ajmal Rahmani believed he had discovered a haven of peace in Ukraine.
This week, he and his household needed to flee once more — this time to Poland to the sounds of Russian bombs.
“I run from one conflict, come to a different nation and one other conflict begins. Very unhealthy luck,” Rahmani advised AFP shortly after crossing into Poland.
His seven-year-old daughter Marwa clutched a beige-coloured smooth toy canine as Rahmani spoke.
Along with Marwa, his spouse Mina and son Omar, 11, the household walked the final 30 kilometres (19 miles) to the crossing on foot due to the gridlock on the Ukrainian facet of the border.
After arriving on the Medyka on the Polish facet, the household waited with different refugees for a bus that can take them to the close by metropolis of Przemysl.
A whole lot of 1000’s of individuals have fled through the 4 days of battle into neighbouring international locations, primarily Poland, Hungary and Romania.
Whereas a lot of the refugees are Ukrainian, amongst them are additionally college students and migrant employees from additional afield, together with Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India and Nepal.
‘I misplaced all the pieces’
Rahmani, who’s in his 40s, stated he labored for NATO in Afghanistan for 18 years at Kabul airport.
He determined to depart the nation 4 months earlier than the US withdrawal as a result of he acquired threats and was so scared he saved his youngsters out of faculty.
Earlier than that “I had an excellent life in Afghanistan, I had a non-public home, I had a non-public automobile, I had an excellent wage,” stated Rahmani.
“I bought my automobile, my home, my all the pieces. I misplaced all the pieces,” he stated.
However he added: “nothing is healthier than my love, than my household life”.
Rahmani stated he struggled to get a visa to depart Afghanistan and determined to go to Ukraine as a result of it was the one nation that may take him in.
They arrange residence in Odessa — a Black Sea port metropolis.
4 days in the past, when Russia started its invasion of Ukraine, they needed to go away all the pieces once more and travelled the 1,110 kilometres to the border.
Polish authorities stated practically 213,000 folks have crossed into Poland from Ukraine since Thursday.
Rahmani and his household, like others with no Polish visa, now have 15 days to get registered, stated Tomasz Pietrzak, a lawyer with the Ocalenie (Salvation) Basis, a charity for migrants.
The timeline is unlikely given the numbers.
“Poland should in a short time amend its laws on this problem,” he stated.
Rahmani stated he was involved in regards to the future however was inspired by the nice and cozy welcome he acquired from volunteers and officers aiding the stream of refugees on the Polish facet of the border.
“They gave us power,” he stated.
(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
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