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UK won’t resettle Afghan women’s rights lawyer being hunted by Taliban

Thousands of Afghans are still stranded two years after the Home Office vowed to resettle them

UK won’t resettle Afghan women’s rights lawyer being hunted by Taliban
The Taliban have reportedly killed more than a dozen lawyers since their takeover. | Shafiullah KAKAR / AFP
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A women's rights lawyer who prosecuted members of the Taliban is among thousands of Afghans stranded in the country two years after the UK vowed to relocate them.

The lawyer is now in hiding with her husband and three young children and told openDemocracy she lives in fear of being captured.

We also spoke to a man who has been looking after his four nieces and nephews for two years because their parents are stuck in Afghanistan.