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Canada won’t let this Afghan refugee in from the U.S. His family worries the Taliban might kill him back home
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Read More »Former Afghan women’s soccer captain fights for team’s chance to compete in World Cup
The founder and former captain of Afghanistan’s women’s soccer team says it’s past time FIFA let them back on the pitch. CBC | World News
Read More »Activists call on Canada to help Afghan women facing deportation due to Trump administration cuts
Activists are calling on the Canadian government and universities to let Afghan women studying under U.S.-funded scholarships to come to Canada, warning the students could face dire and potentially life-threatening consequences if they return to a country under Taliban rule. CBC | World News
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. CBC | World News
Read More »Afghan Para taekwondo athlete makes history with 1st medal for Refugee Paralympic Team
Zakia Khudadadi made history on Thursday at the Paris Paralympics by becoming the first athlete from the Refugee Paralympic Team to win a medal. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Afghan migrant left ‘traumatised’ by Rotherham riots and says he misses home
An Afghan asylum seeker who was inside a hotel targeted by rioters said people are “traumatised” by what happened and described feeling “lost” when it comes to what his future might hold in the UK. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »UN says Taliban is restricting Afghan women from working, seeking health care
The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and health care if they are unmarried or don’t have a male guardian, according to a UN report published Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »Former Afghan interpreter for Canadian Armed Forces arrested by the Taliban, family says
Bashir Ahmad Azizi, a former Canadian Armed Forces military interpreter, has been arrested by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, CBC News has learned. Azizi and his family have been in hiding for two years as they await immigration paperwork that would allow them to come to Canada. CBC | World News
Read More »Six Afghan families with ties to Canada have been deported from Pakistan, veterans group says
Six Afghan families with ties to Canada have been deported from Pakistan back to Afghanistan, a Canadian veterans group says. CBC | World News
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