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Afghan reporters plead with the Australian government to grant them asylum

Published 2 October 2021, 4:03 am
This Afghan journalist suffered a horrific beating for covering a women's rights march in Kabul after the Taliban takeover. Now he's pleading for asylum in Australia.
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