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Read More »U.K. secretly resettled thousands of Afghans after data leak, says British government
Thousands of Afghans, including many who worked with British forces, have been secretly resettled in the U.K. after a leak of data on their identities raised fears they could be targeted by the Taliban, the British government revealed on Tuesday. The government now plans to close the secret route. Defence Secretary John Healey …
Read More »Afghans in Pakistan face ‘intensified abusive tactics,’ report says, as deportation deadline looms
A new report says that Afghan refugees are facing “intensified abusive tactics” in Pakistan amid ongoing pressure for deportation of illegal foreigners and Afghan citizen card holders. U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) sounded the alarm in a report published Wednesday. The non-governmental organization called on the international community to prevent the deportation of people back …
Read More »As Afghans go hungry, the West contends with the Taliban’s broken promises
A year ago today, as rifle-toting Taliban were rolling into Kabul, a flood of questions coursed through the mind of Deborah Lyons, Canada’s former ambassador to Afghanistan. Serving at the time as the United Nations secretary general’s special representative to the long-suffering country, she watched in utter disbelief the swift, merciless collapse of the …
Read More »A year after the fall of Kabul, Canadian veterans urge Ottawa not to abandon Afghans trying to flee
It’s been one year since Kabul fell to the Taliban after American and allied troops — including Canadians — left the country. Video footage showed Afghans streaming onto the tarmac at the Kabul airport, desperate to escape, as a U.S. air force plane took off. Some fell to their death trying to hold …
Read More »Canada-bound Afghans left in the dark after two charter flights from Islamabad are cancelled
Two charter flights scheduled to leave Islamabad for Canada carrying Afghan refugees failed to depart Pakistan this week, CBC News has learned. “That was quite disappointing; to find out that the flight was cancelled,” said Jameel Haqmall, a former Canadian NGO employee who fled Afghanistan in May with his family after …
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