"First of all, we're asking to organize a corridor, not simply open the border, but to deploy some forces, which could lead people out who cannot get out of their houses, who are under siege, to help them cross the border, at least into Uzbekistan because it is the nearest country."

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High Commissioner for Refugees and human rights groups have urged Dhaka to open the border.

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U.S. officials have not said when they will re-open the border to Canadian cattle.

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Pakistan has so far refused to open the border, forcing refugees to wait in a 200-metre strip of no-man's-land between the two countries.

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