Afghans stuck in Bosnian camp aghast at Taliban takeover

Thousands of migrants, including many Afghans, are stranded in Bosnia and other Balkan countries while trying to reach wealthy European nations

BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Fawad Khan anxiously scrolled down the news on his cellphone, watching the chaos at Kabul airport as thousands of his fellow Afghans try to flee the Taliban-controlled country in the waning days of a massive airlift. Khan, 23, is stuck thousands of miles from home in a migrant camp in Bosnia, hoping to somehow reach Western Europe — and then help his brother in Afghanistan to join him. “The situation in Afghanistan is very bad,” Khan said Thursday at the Lipa camp, near Bosnia's northwestern town of Bihac. “So every people want to go outside of Afghanistan … they want to live (a) good future and life.” Thousands of migrants, including many Afghans, are stranded in Bosnia and other Balkan countries while trying to reach wealthy European nations in search of a better future. From Bosnia, they try to cross neighboring Croatia's closely guarded border before moving on.