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UK Apologizes for Asking Afghan Interpreters to Approve Asylum Documents from Kabul Authorities

By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, March 20, 2023The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) has apologized to Afghan applicants for the ‘reckless’ error who were previously told to validate their documents with the Taliban-led government. The British government confirmed on Sunday that 37 applicants to the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Police (ARAP) scheme, designed to relocate those who directly assisted British forces, asked to validate their documents with the Taliban government. However, the…

Acid violence on the rise, authorities pay no heed

by Naznin Akhter in Prothom Alo, Feb 25, 2023“It feels uneasy going out. Everyone keeps staring at my face, ” said Md Asad Mondal (20), sharing his pains with this correspondent. He’s a first year student at the political science department of Chittagong University. He was admitted to the university just two days prior to becoming an acid victim. He spoke from his aunt’s house in Mirpur in the capital on 12 January. He had…