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World Service,1 min

We walked for ten days to cross the border

The Conversation

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During the Soviet-Afghan War Mahboba Rawi led protests in her high school against Soviet control in the country. She became a target and was forced to flee. She describes walking for ten days and nights to cross the border into Pakistan - a journey that millions of Afghans made during the war.

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