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Forced Back: The Silent Cost of Displacement for Afghan Sisters | Women, Actually
In this episode of Women, Actually, host Oonagh Gonzales explores the devastating human cost of forced displacement for Afghan women and girls who have been deported back to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan. This is not just a story about border policy; it is an intimate look at the lives of three sisters—Shallah, Fatimah, and Maahi—who were uprooted from their homes in exile only to be returned to a regime that bans female education and restricts their fundamental human rights. The episode hooks listeners by contrasting the mundane routine of daily life with the sudden, jarring reality of…
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