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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bancroft and May Bulman

‘I need a life’: Afghans stuck in Pakistan hotels living in fear as they await evacuation to UK

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Hundreds of Afghans who worked with British forces have been left stranded in Pakistan after the UK government stopped evacuation flights.

No flights have been chartered for Afghans by the British government since last November, despite the fact that more than 1,000 people – including 500 children – who have been accepted to come to the UK are awaiting relocation in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad.

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