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World Service,21 mins

Afghanistan: The view from nextdoor

The Fifth Floor

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How have Afghanistan’s neighbours been reporting the takeover by the Taliban for their audiences? Irena Taranyuk speaks to Rustam Qobil of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Uzbek about the strong links between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan; ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Persian reports how events are reverberating in his home country Tajikistan; and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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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