Feb 1, 2023
Some Afghans risk 11-country trek to seek haven in United States Their journey starts with a humanitarian visa for Brazil: one of the few remaining exit routes for Afghans fleeing Taliban rule. It ends – after a perilous trek overland through Latin America across at...
Jan 9, 2023
Gen Egeland, the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) earlier today Tweeted that Norway’s primer aid organization can’t continue its operations in Afghanistan without its female employees. [The Taliban recently banned women from working in...
Dec 23, 2022
Women escaping from the increasingly restrictive Taliban regime in Afghanistan find their journeys to freedom are fraught with dangers. This week the Taliban banned women from universities. They are increasingly forced to remain at home. Source: Afghan Women Refugees...
Dec 15, 2022
Thousands who escaped to the U.S. are stuck in immigration limbo. As the Taliban regime retook the country, more than 79,000 Afghans were evacuated to the U.S. When [their] humanitarian parole expires, these Afghans can’t legally stay in the U.S., and the risk of...
Dec 2, 2022
With new restrictions imposed by the Taliban, Afghan women fear what could come next. Source: Afghanistan: Parks become latest no-go areas for women in Kabul, BBC News, by Yogita Limaye, December 1, 2022; Photo:...
