Women MP and judge appeal for UK visas to escape death at hands of Taliban

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Women MP and judge appeal for UK visas to escape death at hands of Taliban
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❌The women trapped in Afghanistan have told MPs and lawyers they fear for their lives

A female MP and a woman judge who are trapped in Afghanistan at risk of being killed by the Taliban could join a convoy to escape but are unable to do so because Foreign Office has yet to authorise visas, lawyers and MPs have revealed.

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