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Women judges and lawyers who fled Taliban rule refuse to give up

10/01/202208/07/2022

In the brightly lit lobby of an Albanian hotel hosting Afghan refugees, a group of women gather to discuss how to counter the repressive rules introduced by the Taliban. The group includes Afghan lawyers and prosecutors who are among about […]

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Afghanistan’s refugee artists bring the colours of Kabul to Albania

04/01/202208/07/2022

Every night, after putting his 2-year-old son to bed, Muhajir sits down in the corner of his family’s small room in a refugee centre in Albania and starts writing in a notebook. For months he has been documenting his family’s […]

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An Afghan refugee girl grew up to be a prize-winning doc — with a little help from dad

05/10/202115/06/2022

When Saleema Rehman was a kid growing up in refugee camps in Pakistan, her nickname was “Doctor Saleema.” Her mom faced severe complications while delivering her – and Rehman’s dad, Abdul, promised that if the baby lived, he would make […]

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Join the Taliban or Isis?’: Afghan deportees forced to join insurgent groups see hope in peace deal – The National

06/06/202002/07/2020

When Aziz Amir was deported from the UK back to his native Afghanistan in 2011, he faced a choice: defy the Taliban and risk being murdered, or join them. Mr Amir, not his real name, chose the latter, not just […]

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Why Iran Is Deporting Scores of Afghan Refugees – Foreign Policy

14/01/202014/04/2020

It had been more than three decades since 48-year-old Zahra, who asked to be identified only by her first name, left Afghanistan with her husband to escape the increasing violence that would plague her country for many years to come. […]

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Afghan children describe boomerang immigration and deportation from Iran – The National

24/12/201915/04/2020

Bilal Mohammadi sits protectively close to his younger brother Abdul in a large crowded hall filled with loud chatter from hundreds of Afghans surrounding them. Most of the surrounding crowd at the refugee reception centre at Zero Point on the […]

#Afghanistan#Archive#Conflict#Nangarhar#Refugees

How Afghanistan is building a sustainable future for refugees

18/06/201831/10/2018

This may be a sustainable solution to Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis.

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As conflict spreads, chronic displacement becomes a powderkeg in Afghanistan

10/04/201831/10/2018

Thirty-year-old Mohammad isn’t sure who shelled his home in eastern Afghanistan’s Khogyani District: Taliban insurgents, or fighters aligned with the so-called Islamic State. But when a rocket-propelled grenade struck three months ago, killing some of his livestock, he knew he […]

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Europe sends Afghans back to danger

04/01/201831/10/2018

While European countries increase returns of rejected Afghan asylum seekers, the number of civilians killed or injured by conflict in Afghanistan has escalated.

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Forced repatriation to Afghanistan: ‘We didn’t think it would happen to us’

09/03/201711/08/2017

An estimated million refugees will return from Pakistan and Iran this year, despite Afghanistan still being plagued by conflict and unemployment

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