Islamabad, Sept 23, 2025 (AFP) - Hopes of Western refuge sink for Afghans in Pakistan

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2025-09-23

In their Pakistan safehouse, Shayma and her family try to keep their voices low so their neighbours don't overhear their Afghan mother tongue. But she can belt out Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are a-Changin'" any time she likes, and no-one would guess it comes from a 15-year-old refugee in hiding. "In the kitchen, the sound is very good," she told AFP alongside her sister and fellow young bandmates. By now, Shayma should have been testing the acou......

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