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Evening Standard
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Michael Howie

Charlotte Bellis: Pregnant New Zealand journalist stranded in Afghanistan can go home

Charlotte Bellis poses in a selfie with her partner Jim Huylebroek in Kabul

(Picture: AP)

A pregnant New Zealand journalist who was stranded in Afghanistan by her home country’s tough Covid-19 border policy has been granted re-entry.

Charlotte Bellis said she turned to the Taliban for help after being unable to get an entry spot due to New Zealand’s tough Covid-19 border policy.

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