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Afghanistan: The view from nextdoor
How have Afghanistan’s neighbours been reporting the takeover by the Taliban for their audiences? Irena Taranyuk speaks to Rustam Qobil of BBC Uzbek about the strong links between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan; BBC Urdu’s Saher Baloch shares stories of the Hazaras fleeing over the border to escape persecution from the Taliban to Quetta in Pakistan, where Hazaras are also persecuted; Dariush Rajabian of BBC Persian reports how events are reverberating in his home country Tajikistan; and BBC Hindi's Piyush Nagpal hears the stories of some of Delhi’s long standing and recent Afghan residents, many overtaken by events.
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