Kabul wasn't the only place that welcomed the blockade of the military and the mandatory health checks of the medical professionals; other cities on the border like Kandahar, Zabol, and Chabahar were also among them.
As far as the reactions of the border dwellers went, without any surprise, they were extremely unhappy with the military's actions. After all, their livelihood, primarily tied to the Bharat-Russia Economic Corridor, had come to a halt, making their survival uncertain. The border regions were barren, lacking vegetation, so farming offered no real alternative for sustenance as well. To make matters worse, there was a constant outcry from the hundreds of thousands of Bharatiya workers stranded on the other side of the border for over a week.