Afghanistan this week

16 to 22 January 2023

Amina Mohammed and the UN delegation visited Afghanistan

UN deputy chief: the Taliban told me it was “haram for me to sit in a room with them”

Speaking to Al Jazeera following her trip to Afghanistan, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, said that she went to Afghanistan to amplify the voices of Afghan women to the Taliban and that she was ” very focused on getting those messages across.” Despite being told by some of the group’s leaders that it was “haram” for her to be in a room with her.

Former Afghan army soldier fears deportation from the US

Former Afghan soldier fears deportation after crossing US-Mexico border

Abdul Wasi Safi fled Afghanistan after the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021 and made it to Brazil, from where he headed for the US to seek asylum.

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