Two years on, Afghan evacuees face an uncertain future

08/16/23 • 22 min

Two years since the Taliban stormed Kabul, devastating the lives of thousands of Afghans, those who fled to Britain are now facing an uncertain future.

The Taliban takeover marked the end of a 20-year presence of coalition forces in the country and the beginning of a dark new chapter for the nation, restricting rights and freedoms for women and girls.

Afghans who worked with the western-backed Government live in fear for their lives. Many who worked with the British, American and other Western nations braved perilous journeys to escape their new reality.

In this week’s episode of The i Podcast we speak to three Afghan women who fled Afghanistan for Britain.

To date, the UK has opened its doors to 24,600 vulnerable Afghans under two resettlement schemes hailed as the world’s most generous.

Yet families who arrived have lived in cramped hotel rooms for months without provisions to cook or wash their clothes.

Now a new fear looms as the hotels are due to be shut at the end of August with those that remain facing eviction. Some have nowhere else to go.

Read Molly's article here: https://inews.co.uk/news/afghan-refugee-hotel-no-space-cooking-washing-machines-2543645

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Two years since the Taliban stormed Kabul, devastating the lives of thousands of Afghans, those who fled to Britain are now facing an uncertain future.

In this week’s episode of The i Podcast we speak to three Afghan women who fled Afghanistan for Britain.

To date, the UK has opened its doors to 24,600 vulnerable Afghans under two resettlement schemes hailed as the world’s most generous.

Yet families who arrived have lived in cramped hotel rooms for months without provisions to cook or wash their clothes.

Now a new fear looms as the hotels are due to be shut at the end of August with those that remain facing eviction. Some have nowhere else to go.

Read Molly's article here: https://inews.co.uk/news/afghan-refugee-hotel-no-space-cooking-washing-machines-2543645

Music featured is by Michael Kobrin and Lexin Music - licensed via Pixabay.

Check out their music here:

https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-the-introvert-michael-kobrin-10959/

https://pixabay.com/users/lexin_music-28841948/

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