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Five years after the fall of Kabul, European states are anxious to send migrants back – regardless of what it takes and what awaits themDays after Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, the EU’s top diplomat stressed the need to protect women and girls. “Cooperation with any future Afghan government will be conditioned on … respect for the fundamental rights of all Afghans,” Josep Borrell , prevented women from travelling without a male guardian and excluded them from jobs, parks and bathh...