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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Shikhar Talwar

'I knew I had to leave' - Refugee families came to Manchester desperate for help - now they face an uncertain future

Afghan refugees have been asked by the Home Office to leave Manchester at the end of August - and many now fear an uncertain future.

Khalid Mohammed, a 42-year-old man, fled Afghanistan when the Taliban regained power. As a father-of-two he knew conditions under the highly repressive regime would soon become intolerable.

"I knew I had to leave," said the 42-year-old. “I have a wife and two daughters, all of whom are highly educated individuals who would not be able to continue life as they did under the Taliban.”

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