France: demonstration in Paris for the repatriation of Afghans threatened by the Taliban

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Several hundred people, including many young Afghans who had taken refuge in France and whose families remained in Afghanistan, gathered at Place de la République, in Paris, on August 22, 2021. © RFI / Pierre Olivier

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While the evacuations continue in Afghanistan, in Paris, this Sunday afternoon, August 22, several hundred people gathered at the Place de la République.

They demanded the repatriation of all Afghans threatened by the Taliban.

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 Long live Afghanistan 

" chanted hundreds of people at the foot of the statue of the Republic.

Among them, this Afghan refugee in France for four years, very worried about the situation in his country.  

 We don't need the Taliban, actually.

They haven't changed,

 says Shahid Loani

.

You, you have images of big cities, you don't have images of small towns, villages, you don't have images of what is happening there.

It's really hot there.

They don't allow girls to be sent to school.

Women's rights are really in danger, for women it is very serious. 

In the countryside, far from the cameras, the situation is, according to him, very worrying.

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Humanitarian corridor

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"

 We are asking for the repatriation of all the people who worked with the government and whose lives are in danger because they are on the

Taliban red lists

,"

 explains Ozat, one of the organizers of the rally. 

The women, the young girls who were in sport, who were in the media ... There are a lot of people, which is why we are asking for a

humanitarian corridor

"

See also: Afghanistan: Afghan journalists targeted by the Taliban

While waiting for this hypothetical humanitarian corridor between Afghanistan and Europe, some French people have decided to take matters into their own hands like Lydie Lemoine.

“ 

I haven't slept all night.

With the Crisis Staff, I spent 14 cases last night.

It is complicated.

We cannot accommodate everyone.

We hear it often.

But we have to move, we have to do something. 

"

Files that are progressing slowly with the ultimatum of the withdrawal of American troops from Kabul in nine days. 

Read also: Afghanistan: the EU calls on its member states to accept refugees

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