Texas volunteers had prepared welcome for family fleeing Taliban now stranded in Pakistan in fear of being deported

The 24-year-old Afghan woman wants to become a surgeon – and she had set her sights on training in the US.

She wants to care for other women and girls, so they don’t have to be afraid to visit the doctor – so at least in one crucial aspect of their lives they won’t have to endure the unwanted advances, dismissive comments and blatant disrespect that she’s experienced from many of the men who have always surrounded her, first in her native Afghanistan and now in legal limbo in Pakistan.

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© Composite: Mark Harris/The Guardian

© Composite: Mark Harris/The Guardian

SURREY, B.C. -- U.S. authorities have arrested a 67-year-old man from Surrey, B.C., accusing him of smuggling banned goods to Pakistan's military and its nuclear weapons program over more than 15 years. Read More

Police go door-to-door arresting Afghans as government pledges to send millions back home to Taliban rule

More than 50 prominent female Afghan women’s rights activists sheltering in Pakistan are facing deportation home, where they fear they will be imprisoned or killed under Taliban rule.

Under a draconian policy, the Pakistan government has pledged to deport millions of Afghan nationals, after relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan severely deteriorated and attacks by militants in the border areas surged.

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© Photograph: Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images