Almost a year after the fall of Kabul, Shakira Yazdani arrived in Calgary, thanks to support from lawyers and a law professor. But she's one of the lucky ones. Other Afghans at the law firm she worked at in Afghanistan are still in hiding, waiting to hear about their visa status.
July 21, 2022 at 04:03 PM
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Canada Correspondent
The original version of this story was published on Law.com International
Following a harrowing year that included the “most difficult” 24 hours of her life, Afghan law student Shakira Yazdani arrived in Canada on Canada Day to a rousing welcome from students at the University of Calgary Law School, where she will be studying to get her J.D.
Among the more than 100,000 Afghans who applied for evacuation as the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, Yazdani is a lucky one. Thousands are still trapped and seeking legal advice, advocates say.
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Shakira Yazdani, a law student at the University of Calgary Law School. Courtesy photo
