FALL OF AFGHANISTAN STRANDED IN KABUL
Aug 19, 2021
3 minutes
By Michael Crooks
As her Afghan village became a battleground between the Taliban and government forces last month, Fatima, a 22-year-old who is seven months’ pregnant, desperately sought refuge in her home. As bullets pelted the walls, Fatima not only feared for her life and the life of her unborn child, she was terrified of a darker fate.
“We had heard of cases where the Taliban would kill young men and sexually abuse girls and young women of the family,”
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