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Is there any way they can walk into Pakistan? There will be more options there.

by xwdv 5y ago

pigbearpig 5y ago
It's only a 58 hour (334 km) walk from Kabul to Peshawar, through a desert mountain range in Taliban strongholds.
- xwdv 5y ago
  If they walk carefully at 4 hours for a few weeks, especially under the cover of night, they could easily do it. It’s the only way. The key challenge isn’t the distance, it’s planning the route.
  - tata71 5y ago
    The other key is to discard their remaining false hope for the establishment they were previously safely anchored to.
    - xwdv 5y ago
      There should be no hope. They have been left for dead.
- selimthegrim 5y ago
  There’s footage of people crossing the southern borders in Nimroz but that would mean they’d have to get to Nimroz first
ascar 5y ago
Have you ever tried walking a considerable distance? It takes a lot of time, energy and at least water supply. A 10km hike is considered hard and takes 4 to 5 hours with reasonable fitness, if the terrain is friendly (somewhat pathed ways and not a lot of up and down). From a quick Google maps measurement we're talking at least 20km but more likely 100km of unfriendly uneven desert from ditching your car until you reach a settlement in Pakistan. It's possible, but it's a very rough multiple day journey and I would certainly not attempt it if not everyone involved did regular cardio training. And cross your fingers Taliban don't notice your car close to the border and start a manhunt, if they even let you through the checkpoints on your way there.
- xwdv 5y ago
  In 1941, a Polish lieutenant and six others that had escaped from a Siberian Gulag camp began a long journey south on foot (about 6,500km), traveling through the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and the Himalayas before finally reaching British India in the winter of 1942. The distances you are talking about seem wrong. You are saying they are barely a half marathon away from Pakistan. If that was true, they should have walked a long time ago. That is hardly a grueling distance. Personally, there is no distance I wouldn’t walk if it was the only way to save my life. Either way, better to die knowing you were heading toward freedom than imprisoned waiting to be decapitated, tortured, or worse. Because if not, you will certainly die with regret.

Is there any way they can walk into Pakistan? There will be more options there.

by xwdv 5y ago

Is there any way they can walk into Pakistan? There will be more options there.

pigbearpig 5y ago

It's only a 58 hour (334 km) walk from Kabul to Peshawar, through a desert mountain range in Taliban strongholds.

xwdv 5y ago
If they walk carefully at 4 hours for a few weeks, especially under the cover of night, they could easily do it. It’s the only way. The key challenge isn’t the distance, it’s planning the route.
- tata71 5y ago
  The other key is to discard their remaining false hope for the establishment they were previously safely anchored to.
  - xwdv 5y ago
    There should be no hope. They have been left for dead.
selimthegrim 5y ago
There’s footage of people crossing the southern borders in Nimroz but that would mean they’d have to get to Nimroz first

ascar 5y ago

Have you ever tried walking a considerable distance? It takes a lot of time, energy and at least water supply. A 10km hike is considered hard and takes 4 to 5 hours with reasonable fitness, if the terrain is friendly (somewhat pathed ways and not a lot of up and down). From a quick Google maps measurement we're talking at least 20km but more likely 100km of unfriendly uneven desert from ditching your car until you reach a settlement in Pakistan. It's possible, but it's a very rough multiple day journey and I would certainly not attempt it if not everyone involved did regular cardio training. And cross your fingers Taliban don't notice your car close to the border and start a manhunt, if they even let you through the checkpoints on your way there.

xwdv 5y ago
In 1941, a Polish lieutenant and six others that had escaped from a Siberian Gulag camp began a long journey south on foot (about 6,500km), traveling through the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and the Himalayas before finally reaching British India in the winter of 1942. The distances you are talking about seem wrong. You are saying they are barely a half marathon away from Pakistan. If that was true, they should have walked a long time ago. That is hardly a grueling distance. Personally, there is no distance I wouldn’t walk if it was the only way to save my life. Either way, better to die knowing you were heading toward freedom than imprisoned waiting to be decapitated, tortured, or worse. Because if not, you will certainly die with regret.