1. The next report with @AlcisGeo focuses on Nimroz for @L4P_Afghanistan It looks at the revenues made from a variety of “value chains” one of them the smuggling of people. The report provides granular analysis of the route out of Ziranj via Pakistan to Iran. 
2. The numbers are shocking: an economy of circa $ 270 million p.a. transporting people by pickup through the deserts of Nimroz & Baluchistan then over the mountains bordering Pakistan & Iran. In April there were around 200 pickups leaving Ziranj each day, circa 4400 people.
3. However, the numbers of people leaving have been increasing as the security situation has worsened. Now there are over 300 picks up leaving Nimroz each day (6,600 people) and it is anticipated these numbers will increase further when the Iranian elections are done.
4. What is of even greater concern for those anxious about Afghanistan & the wider implications of the growing crisis, are the reports of growing number of former ANA & ANP on these vehicles, looking to leave & build a new life in Europe. None of this bodes well for the future.
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