Farkhunda Paimani Roshan Noorzai VOA News December 15, 2023 WASHINGTON — Edris Niazi had “a normal life,” back in Kabul, working as a government employee, but his life “turned upside down” after the Taliban seized power in 2021. Niazi, 32, is now working as a welder in Turkey’s Kayseri province with “no future,” as he fears
By Khujasta Kabiri, Fayeza Ibrahimi Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 15, 2023 Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, thousands of Afghan families have fled to neighboring Pakistan. Some escaped their homeland so that their daughters could continue their education, following the Taliban’s ban on women attending university and teenage girls from going to school.
By Jawid Hasanzada Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 13, 2023 As Afghans living illegally in Iran and Pakistan come under increased risk of deportation, soldiers who fought against the now-ruling Taliban fear a return to their homeland will mean certain death. Tens of thousands of former members of the Afghan National Security Forces — which included
Scroll.in: The predominantly Shi’ite community are reviled by the Sunni Taliban as infidels. Sadiq, an ethnic Hazara, fled Afghanistan last year because he was attacked and beaten by the members of the Taliban regime. Now, the 25-year-old faces expulsion from Pakistan and he fears a return to his home country could amount to a death
Khaama: A female representative of beauticians in Kabul reveals that women are experiencing severe economic hardships following the shutdown of beauty salons and the ban on beauticians’ work imposed by the interim government. Many are now considering the option of migrating to seek better opportunities. Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News Aline Barros August 16, 2023 ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON — Sitting on the carpet in a small, third-floor apartment of a crowded building on the edge of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, six Afghan men sip traditional green tea as they scroll through messages and videos on their phones. All of them are anxiously awaiting the same thing
Aline Barros VOA News August 16, 2023 WASHINGTON — Two years ago, when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul closed and the U.S. military evacuated more than 100,000 Afghans in a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. A significant number of evacuees who worked for the U.S. government during the war are still
The Hill: Almost two years after American soldiers swiftly packed and left the nation’s longest-running war in Afghanistan, the Taliban are still targeting tens of thousands of Afghans left behind. Among them are Afghan women journalists. The United States recognized the risks Afghanistan’s female journalists would face under a Taliban takeover. Click here to read
Muska Safi Ahmadullah Archiwal VOA News July 27, 2023 The residency cards of more than a million Afghan refugees living in Pakistan have not been extended, causing concern among the migrants about their refugee status. The Proof of Registration cards of about 1.3 million registered Afghan refugees expired June 30, 2023, and the Pakistani government
Akmal Dawi VOA News July 26, 2023 WASHINGTON — Relocation flights from Afghanistan carrying Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants to U.S. immigration processing centers in Qatar and other countries have been suspended for more than one month, and it’s unclear when they will resume. For nearly two years since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the