With the year nearly over, only about a tenth of the 40,000 Afghan refugees Canada promised to bring into the country have made it here so far — and Ottawa now says it could take up to two years to resettle everyone.Defence lawyer Nelofar Akbari is pictured speaking about women’s rights in Afghanistan before she fled the country…
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I worked with Afghan women after the fall of the Taliban in 2001 – now I fear for their future
by ava360As Taliban fighters marched into Kabul on Sunday, a shocking new chapter was written into the history of Afghanistan. But it will be all too familiar to those who suffered through the last period of Taliban rule. Afghanistan has known no peace for decades. Nearly 20 years ago the United States, United Kingdom and NATO…
The surprisingly swift Taliban conquest of Afghanistan this month and frantic evacuations from Kabul have ignited a national conversation about U.S. efforts…
An Afghan refugee who worked with the U.S. military as an interpreter and contractor for roughly 6 years speaks anonymously about why…
Canadians who are trying to sponsor their Afghan spouses to come to Canada say the process should be expedited now that the Taliban has taken over the country. But some say they’re getting little to no help from their MPs or from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.Mastora Mohammad Azim, who is trying to get her…
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Afghan interpreters who helped Canadian soldiers were warned they have just 3 days to apply for resettlement
by Sue JonesAfghan interpreters and others who assisted the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan have been told they have only three days to apply for a new government program to resettle in Canada.Canadian and American troops on a joint patrol in late June 2011. Afghan-Canadian advisers were critical to the work of both armies during combat operations.…
A bomb exploded near a girl’s school in a majority Shiite district of west Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 30 people,…