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1. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Mehrullah Rahmani

   A Child’s Journey: From Kabul’s Dreams to Survival in Pakistan | Countercurrents (opens the original)

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   The walls of exile echo with silence, but inside that silence, hunger, fear, and survival scream loudly. In refugee settlements across Pakistan, hunger gnaws at bellies, shelters are makeshift, and work is a privilege. For Afghan refugees, food, shelter, and dignity are not rights, but distant dreams. Before fleeing to Pakistan, I was a high school student in Kabul, my heart full of dreams and my future bright with possibility. Living with my family, we had the simple joys of life: food to eat,

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2. Article · Jul 12, 2026 · Mehrullah Rahmani

   From Dreams of Becoming a Doctor to Writing for Change | Countercurrents (opens the original)

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   In a crowded corner of a small Pakistani library, I picked up a pencil for the first time since leaving Afghanistan. Once, I dreamed of being a doctor. But as that pencil scratched across paper in a strange new land, something inside me changed. This is the story of how a simple writing tool carried me from broken dreams in Kabul to a voice that now travels the world. I grew up in a dusty village, far from Kabul’s bustle, but my childhood was a rich tapestry of dreams. Our home, nestled beneath

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