Stranded in Kabul

As foreign troops prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan, one young Afghan secretly devises his own escape.

Despite the billions of dollars being poured into Afghanistan to rebuild the country and boost its economy, more than 30,000 Afghans applied for political asylum worldwide last year. Zekria is willing to pay $25,000 to an agent to make a visa application to a European country on his behalf. If this visa is not granted, he will be stranded in Kabul facing the likely option to escape through people smuggling networks. At only 27 years of age he works for an international agency and is the sole supporter of his family of 16. Fearing what will happen when the foreign forces withdraw, he secretly plans his own escape from Afghanistan.