Topic: Afghanistan
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Afghan women medical students on their new lives in Scotland
One year ago, a group of 19 student doctors arrived in Edinburgh from Kabul. Here, they talk about their experiences and hopes for the future
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‘More than a dessert’: the siblings bringing Afghan ice cream to the UK
The family behind London’s WataniBox are preserving culture and tradition through their homemade sheeryakh
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UK Afghan groups mobilise to help relief efforts after Afghanistan quake
Mosques and charities are collecting donations to provide displaced families with food, clothing and shelter
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Weekend with Gulwali Passarlay: ‘It’s good to know you’re making a difference in a small way’
The author of The Lightless Sky on running a community launderette and going for walks with his kids.
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How Europe failed Afghanistan’s women
When the Taliban retook Afghanistan, the EU promised to protect women. Four tell Hyphen of their experience trying to take up that offer
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UK has deported eight offenders to Afghanistan since Taliban takeover
Data obtained exclusively from the Home Office shows at least one deportee had been serving a sentence of less than six months
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Children go missing from ‘safe’ Kent asylum centres 160 times in three years
Children’s commissioner Rachel de Souza vows to raise findings with Kent county council, with almost all missing kids coming from Muslim-majority countries
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From Kabul to Penny Lane: tracing the rise of the Afghan coat
Long before John Lennon adopted the suede sheepskin look, the coats were a cornerstone of Afghan winter clothing, so ubiquitous that they were considered national dress
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‘I want my expedition to speak for Afghan women’
Afghan mountaineer Freshta Ibrahimi hopes to become the first woman from her country to summit Everest. She says her climb is an act of resistance against the Taliban
