‘The police were waiting for us with handcuffs’: Russia is expelling Afghan nationals who arrived before the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan

Officials in Russia are expelling Afghan nationals who arrived in the country before the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, says a new report from the Russian BBC. In one case in July, officials in the Leningrad region deported a 12-year-old girl and her family members, who had fled Afghanistan after the Taliban tried to force the child into a marriage. Several other Afghan nationals are in custody after being arrested at the St. Petersburg Interior Ministry while attempting to apply for asylum. Many of the detainees arrived in Russia during the Euro 2020 soccer championship earlier this summer. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/08/18/the-police-were-waiting-for-us-with-handcuffs