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It’s difficult for Shafiqa Jalali to talk about her son Mohammad Younesi without crying. Jalali, her husband, their four adult children and daughter-in-law all found asylum in Canada after fleeing the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan in 2024. The family secured humanitarian visas from Brazil and paid human smugglers thousands of dollars to guide …
Read More »Former Afghan women’s soccer captain fights for team’s chance to compete in World Cup
As It Happens5:59Former Afghan women’s soccer captain fights for team’s chance to compete in World Cup Khalida Popal, the former captain of Afghanistan’s national women’s football team, is making a call to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to allow Afghan women to participate in the 2027 Women’s World …
Read More »Ottawa pays out over $100K to Quebec group that lost contract for Afghan war monument
Ottawa recently signed an out-of-court settlement with a team of Quebec architects that was denied a prestigious contract to design the National Monument to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan. Sources told Radio-Canada the confidential deal is worth more than $100,000, or at least three times the initial offer made to the …
Read More »Taliban to close all NGOs employing Afghan women
The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women. It comes two years after they told NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, allegedly because they didn’t wear the Islamic headscarf correctly. In a letter published on X Sunday night, the Economy …
Read More »After fleeing Taliban and abuse, Afghan woman in Canada for 8 years faces deportation with her children
Frozan Hassan Zai thought she would finally be safe after leaving an abusive marriage in the Netherlands with her two children, her second time fleeing a country. She arrived in Canada, married a Canadian, had a child, started a business and has helped others to come to this country. Eight …
Read More »Toronto police officers giving hope to Afghan refugees with donation drive
There is a high-priority mission underway at 51 Division in downtown Toronto, and it’s being led by two city police officers who are determined to make a difference. Const. Farzad Ghotbi and Det. Const. Mustafa Popalzai both came to Canada as refugees. Ghotbi moved to Canada from Iran while Popalzai …
Read More »This Afghan lunch spot is a hidden gem tucked away in a meat store
Metro Morning‘s food guide, Suresh Doss, joins us every week to discuss one of the many great GTA eateries he’s discovered. This week, he talked to host Ismaila Alfa about an Afghan spot in Thorncliffe, two days after the first ever Michelin guide was released in Toronto. Suresh Doss: On the Michelin …
Read More »Conservatives call for release of report on massive Afghan immigration data breach
The Conservative Party has written to Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne asking him to speed up his investigation of a federal government data breach that exposed the identities of hundreds of Afghans seeking Canada’s help to escape from the Taliban in October 2021. Dufresne announced on November 15 of last year …
Read More »‘Today is a fantastic day’: Manitoba welcomes more than 300 Afghan refugees
A charter plane from Pakistan, carrying more than 300 refugees from Afghanistan, landed in Winnipeg on Friday morning. The flight is part of the Government of Canada’s commitment to resettle 40,000 Afghan people in Canada. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada told CBC News that nearly 17,600 Afghans and their family members have …
Read More »Ottawa closes special Afghan immigration program to new applicants
Less than halfway to its goal of bringing 40,000 Afghans to Canada, the federal government is no longer taking new referrals for the special immigration program meant to prioritize former employees of the Armed Forces or Canadian government and their families. CBC News has learned the government is processing the last …
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