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It is a hot August day when the phone rings in Fatima. In Herat, the Taliban are upon us and for the city security council she could be one of the first targets. She is a woman, of Hazara ethnicity, a university student who works with foreigners: she is the first and only female tour guide in Afghanistan. The invitation is clear: he must escape.
“They are everything the Taliban hate, if they find me they kill me – says the 22-year-old on a video call from Kabul, where she arrived a week ago to seek refuge and from which she is soon preparing to leave – They are also arriving here.
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