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By Reuters Staff1 Min ReadFILE PHOTO: People try to get inside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 16, 2021.... REUTERS/ Stringer KAMPALA( Reuters)-Uganda said on Tuesday it had agreed to a request from the United States to take in temporarily 2, 000 refugees from Afghanistan fleeing after the Taliban takeover. The east African nation has long experience receiving people escaping conflict and currently hosts about 1.4 million refugees, most from South Sudan.“ The req

However, Sajid had settled in the UK under a previous scheme, before the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021.... You can also send story ideas to northwest. newsonline@ bbc.co. ukRelated Topics Oldham Home Office Afghanistan More on this story How many Afghan refugees has the UK resettled?... Published 15 August Afghan refugees being let down by UK-think tankPublished 15 August The Taliban's broken promisesPublished 14 August Key moments in the crushing of Afghan women's rightsPublishe

However, Sajid had settled in the UK under a previous scheme, before the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021.... You can also send story ideas to northwest. newsonline@ bbc.co. ukRelated Topics Oldham Home Office Afghanistan More on this story How many Afghan refugees has the UK resettled?... Published 15 August Afghan refugees being let down by UK-think tankPublished 15 August The Taliban's broken promisesPublished 14 August Key moments in the crushing of Afghan women's rightsPublishe