Taliban Denies Threatening Afghan Asylum Seekers

The past year has seen a surge in the number of Afghan's seeking asylum abroad, and now the Taliban is urging countrymen to remain at home and is denying the militants are sending “threat letters” anymore. In years past, the Afghan Taliban would sometimes send letters threatening Afghans accused of working with U.S. or NATO forces. But the militant group says that is no longer a practice, and Afghans seeking asylum are purchasing fake letters to bolster their claims for asylum...

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