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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Llazar Semini

After escaping the Taliban, hundreds of Afghans languish in Albania in a prolonged US visa process

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Almost two years since he fled Afghanistan to escape the Taliban takeover, Firooz Mashoof is still haunted by the memory of his last day in Kabul — the bus that took him to the airport, getting on a packed plane and taking off as gunfire echoed across the city.

“The last thing I saw were the mountains around Kabul and the dreary sunset as the Qatar Airways took off,” he said.

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