the secrets lie behind these discovered benches in 360 degrees. and explore fascinating. both heritage selling. d. w world heritage. 360. now the as again a stand 2021. the taliban search back to power. after a lightning campaign, us and allied troops scrambled to leave kabul, which was monitored in chaos and violence. many people were attempting to fleet but tens of thousands who put their hopes in germany and a peaceful future were left in the hands of the islamist human in women's rights

activists. artists their lives, all in grave danger. the german government made sweeping promises. you have not been forgotten. the pledge to give shelter in germany to any one who needed it was even laid down in the new government's coalition agreement. but what remains of that promise 2 years on the who don't start september 2023. i'm on that these are the lives here in eastern germany with his young son and his partner. the civil engineer fled afghanistan in 2015. he learned german at breathtaking speed. since 2016, the 35 year old has worked for an architectural and engineering company. a life in

freedom and peace, but it's one that he cannot saver. what each means is, but here i am here, vice. yes as out from that as you know here. and we're also in a bad way to switch time, because we are deep on thinking about our people in my stand, our family and i've got us down. one is off, i'm 1000000 enough. going to spend 6 months earlier. his younger brother, a human rights activist, was brutally killed by the taliban. when the systems of for me, yes, the rest of our family is still in danger. one for us to can and, and how you doing. but then when i'm hoping that i can find a way to save them so that they phone every day. i'm on that these are that is tortured by anxiety for his loved ones. i'm to make up. so the video going to sort of the brutal killing of i'm on that these are does, brother is not an isolated case, torture, murder, and bloody acts of revenge. our daily occurrence is under the taliban regime. the

doctor mentioned to, to, to the human rights situation in afghanistan at the moment is blake will find out it couldn't be any more catastrophic, really the goal in particular, for women to man, the people who defend the rights of others. it's new support media, freedom and john an existing women's rights advocate. calling the people who used to work the n g a lloyd to the northwest and the humanitarian sanctum, must be off at the top educational industries issue money. former police officers used by shenfield speed and in that way of being prosecuted, embodying a pre type, i'm tendon, i'm to the vet and support what risks do they face developing that killed? no one knows how many killings and acts of torture are being carried out. there is no one left in afghanistan who can count them. yet the german government had wanted to give special protection to people at acute risk with its action plan for

afghanistan presented in december 2021 fights or for them 2 days ahead of the new year. it is important to me is germany's born minister to say, you are not forgotten. he's in ms. we are working extremely hard to bring you to safety. that we must do everything possible to make all travel routes out of afghanistan, more and bureaucratic cause i've got a con. we will concert shots, who were striking in concrete on the plan envisaged accelerating departures from afghanistan, eliminating bureaucratic hurdles for afghans, particularly at risk. reducing red tape for routes out of afghanistan, facilitating family reunification, expanding humanitarian assistance, foreign ministry staff on site and afghanistan from 2020 to contributing to

teachers. salaries of girls are permitted to learn and women to teach scholarships for female students. protecting women from gender based violence protection and support for human rights defenders and media professionals. german help for those left behind was intended to be easy to access swift and own bureaucratic as lama bod pockets done. the amount of sally has been living in a secret safehouse run by the german initiative comma lift to pluck for 2 years. her father was killed by the taliban for refusing to let his daughters enter into forced marriages as an artist and supporter of women's rights for life was in danger. toner was the then seized, the country that was fighting for over a month and harassed. and we'll know evening at 730, we heard gunfire and the sound of most of bikes in the street to us. we little at

home and also selves. what's that happened in charleston? and everyone was good and such and say, the time of them was here. it is, but as, as clicking more momentum with us, i cannot find one of the shots went through a window all the time. the only crushed everything. after that, i was frightened and i cry. it was in with a fatal facial. i couldn't eat anything that's evening. okay, now it was a summer night and i cried until daybreak and corner 0 of so did my little sister my hold like motion hold on a chevy. the satanic around was swimming all over the country, hold them cl ticket. you've seen the pictures on television, they're enjoying getting stand. i was good because the others told me that the television would arrest to the office on them. hey, you know, they came to i think a telephone with them. my mother, my sister, and i gathered all of my pictures together and you and me get on that's going on.

we remove them from the rules and took the mouse of the frames or what time i wrapped them in plastic, put them in a bag and hit them in the attic. and so that they wouldn't find my things if they search the house seem to be as the pol going to be doing kind of. and they went to the i had half of my stuff in the st can on the police pick. i'm the guy, i didn't take them to my uncle's family or another push to boil. it would have been too risky to start. i came down and they didn't want to talk to you the 2 years and they said, we comp time to go pictures. i wonder most of us when you have to do that. 20 mostly it will be holding jerome now. little still, i guess i noticed on my big brother told me to bomb my aunt. she wouldn't be so that they couldn't find them. but i mean, but i said that i wouldn't burn my pictures. nothing a 100 years mixed delay dropped set. so the young artist got a scholarship and a place to study at the berlin university of the arts. but rather than studying,

she's now start getting pockets done so many that i'm sick of living and pocket stone. i have been here for 2 years without my family. i'm far away from my relatives to mamma of sallie has relatives in germany. a network of helpers got her a place at the university, an apartment and enough money to live on. but when after a year's wait, she got an appointment at the german embassy and pockets done. she didn't get the visa, she was expecting. but a surprising task instead, the hall by the go for this and will they ask me where my aunt works? why makoto hold? as i promised, i told them i was only able to take a few pictures with me when i left just kind of some kind of mind. and that's why i didn't have them with me talk to them. because in the boss, i have my portfolio with me and i have copies of my pictures the i showed them,

well, i told them that they were my pictures, but i couldn't save all of them because nobody has to do list the max of a show up today and my mom that gave me a picture of an lion. i'm told me to copy it. yeah. and i said yes. okay, cool. yeah, i'm the biggest one. i gave me, she gave me a ball point pen, and i asked if she had a pencils and long as i drove with pencil, he said, we don't have any pencils here. i thought he was very unfriendly. and he gave me a piece of paper and the pen booth and left the picture lying behind the big loss politician. i had certainly thrown the little bits when he said, that's enough. your time is up to come. i said, wait, i'm not finished yet. for, for me, but he replied, no, you don't have any more time. that was off to 10 minutes. at the most of the a 2nd artistic aptitude test carried out by embassy staff. professor is that tomato of sally's perspective university. find it hard to believe as they had

organized everything. so their scholarship holder could study in berlin. the young afghans artistic talent is obvious. the contest sign of the how can that be when we are all agree that she should study here that she has an enrichment for the university the class when we want the class to be diverse, we want people like her to study here, but she's still not here and the embassy thinks that knows best tough month to specialists with his advisor, the german embassy and pockets tom sees things differently, not the, and today's out the seriousness of her intent to study least thing. her performance gave considerable close for doubt whether she would be able to successfully complete his studies and in the prescribed time and then side opposite view and couldn't to mazda of sally's fellow students organize the campaign in solidarity with her. with no success. when the university's president intervene and asked to

speak to someone at the embassy, he got no response. this time, even though that's 4 times i can only base my judgment of what type of tools. and it's not acceptable when guzman done. if there are no other reason standing in the way, reasons, i don't know about that, so it's been that i'm not an expert when it comes to visas. and then of course, we need to give this person who has passed the aptitude test. the items for the opportunity to study for the young to model of sally is not the only one who is dependent on the embassies goodwill. some 14000 others like her are waiting for an appointment in pockets. tom, former employees of german organizations in afghanistan and other vulnerable people with conditional approval to come to germany under previous programs. it was all meant to be swifter and easier. in 20221 year after presenting the action plan for afghanistan, the german government announced

a federal program for admission of afghan nationals to germany. it was intended to replace previous admission programs. berlin promise that people in grave danger would finally be given on bureaucratic health. in reality, what was described as on bureaucratic worked like this? anyone being persecuted by the taliban has to approach one of the engine goes working together with the german government. the names of those organizations are not publicly available. if an application is accepted, the n g o passes the case to the german interior ministry selection poor. here cases are earmarked for admission. they get a case number rejections are not sent out. the lucky ones have to apply for a passport at the taliban passport agency. extremely risky for human rights activists and then get a visa for pockets done where the german embassy is based. that often takes a long time and cost several $100.00 in pockets done. they need

a visa appointment at the embassy. people often wait for months, and while they wait, their visas for pockets done often expire. people have to go into hiding to avoid deportation. if they get an appointment in time, they have to pass that security interview as well as the admission interview. then the embassy decides whether to approve admission and provide a visa. if they get the final approval, they're allowed to go to germany. if they're rejected, their case number is deactivated. the program was meant to bring 1000 people and acute danger to safety each month from october 2022 onwards. in spring 2023, the program was suspended for 3 months to introduce new security checks. upon request, the german interior ministry revealed these figures as of november 24th 2023. 30 people have been permitted to enter germany. so one year on some point,

25 percent of the possible $12000.00 people with admission approval have come to germany under the federal admission program. and yet the german government had such lofty goals. the coalition agreement laid down a humanitarian admission program for afghans will documented terry and visa as for those in danger, a digital and swift approval process. but the federal admission program won't be reviewed until 2024. at the earliest. there will be no time for any major changes before the next general election, the google cops and who needs to hit the arrow. chrysler capital should not be at this time via this. this is kind of pragmatic. realistic health has to be available pockets. time you have to realize that these people on site and pockets down either on impact just on their or so tyler bond who are looking for dissidence, like them for most the lloyd. and you have to make it possible for people to leave pockets down swiftly talk is time and don't force them to go down this bureaucratic

roots in order to leave. it isn't constant, but this is the mission. so again, that's the only way to save people from otherwise in this plan is just the type of tank a toothless and ineffectual yet to go with dimensions facebook disclose ali alum dar, which is not his actual name is one of those people who aren't being helped by germany, he's stuck in pockets done, and he can't risk being identified. the danger from the tyler bond is too great. his visa for progress done is still valid. for now. he used to work for a big human rights organization in afghanistan. he also organized women's and minority rights protests after the taliban take over and not that's all this made him and his courageous fellow campaigners most of them women in the target for the islam is the matter the tomorrow. after our demonstration,

the taliban arrived on november 3rd 2022. that is all they did change me in a number of my colleagues sort of saying own, but i spent 2 months in prison, not at least kind of a. they don't have them call. they tortured me during this time, the offense cci. finally some of the shots that me my mind that she can just for those and honest with on by. let's go for them. we consolidate a move, send us a salt, i was day to call the district elder to have my party picked the cut, the matter means the sum of that, which for them i don't think it was on commodity as maintains together with my family. my mother's all the money they realized i was still alive and took me to the hospital. he was tortured for 2 months and lost teeth from the beatings and the shot gun alone. he now has great difficulty eating. they tore it out, finger nails beat him with types,

gave him electric shocks. after getting out of the hospital, he and his family managed to flee illegally at 1st. to pack us down. the torture has taken a great toll. he may never be able to walk again unaided. my mother's i'm on a, a to after getting out of jail for a week. so we come screaming in the night to the machine. i thought of my son and my wife were scared of the state away from each other, and auto had homer to my children. i don't find out that kind of i would wake up in the middle of the night. i'm just screaming wow. student was really sad. it was the worst and then when they had, as in don't kind of that response that my family was frightened. don't know. it was worse than being in prison. my phone, minimize my test. a with us, my son would look at me. i actually was so afraid by jim as i, you know,

so he wouldn't come anywhere near me allow me to say to my case, i have been politically lost my mind. i saw for this little longer. so is only a long dark case for germany's federal admission program in theory. guess what? who should he turn to? there isn't any kind of central coordination point that people like him can get in touch with. you need contacts a network, and he doesn't have that. so he just has to stay put and hope for the best, not with us for them all the fortunately i am not in touch with any other country. then i came to my life or humanity and visa any where they have a bust out of the son of my age. but even with us, printer, my age. i don't even know where i could apply for an admission program. lights the bus out of the sun, i'm at 10, but i'm all probably alarmed or couldn't reply to germany's admission scheme,

even though it was meant to help people like him to get a recommendation from one of the secret n g o's, he would still need to be in afghanistan. the program is of no use to people whose lives were in danger and had to get out fast. so he's not eligible for legal evacuation to germany. he appears to have been forgotten. tell them all. ask shadow is that it might have hopes and expectations of the western nations, which helps whole democratic values and human rights. ok, but out of that window, but somebody throws the volume, democratic engagement when uh that it gets so much evidence on that. cuz then yeah, it has their director in direct time to parts. we're also trying to implement these ideas and the dentist and then i am with something. alrighty. must have him so well, he is also who to facilitate the introduction of human rights. jeff catalyst. i'm

a subject as costly uh sure that it'd be was better for us to. i know we expect them to defend the human rights activist, you know, but i, we has actually people like all the new have not only lost their homes in their country, but who is health as most, are being destroyed or have policy had to her that have to you and are you ready for that? nothing. ok. people who don't have enough tickets for the for the sacrifice their lives that i know and what uh how they started. okay. the west will help human rights activists like me and give those pieces. i don't know if i'm open on line one on the every time i li alondo are, is not safe and pockets done. it's government wants to get rid of atkins, whatever it takes, he stranded without any prospect or money without any way out. live, says germany. the sisters soleah and maria mu hummadi were lucky. marty, and had already fled afghanistan to eastern germany in 2019. and afghanistan both

had been studying economics and were organizing climbing courses for girls. inconceivable under the taliban smarty and was able to extricate her little sister from the chaos and afghanistan in 2021. with the help of the cobbled lift book, a initiative that was very hot and the very done jewels because every year was a paula bond. and that sure thing. and they hide the pupa hit the pupils. when i got to, i went to money time in the airport, but i couldn't go inside due today, 2 years horrible mario move hummadi has started training to be a physiotherapist. soleah is learning german and hopes to get an apprenticeship and health care. in later she'd like to study medicine and become a doctor. a little exist was not the but the 2 sisters are

weighed down with worries about their family. back in afghanistan, their father, mother and siblings. and they are in germany and freedom working, getting training, but they had to leave their loved ones behind. even though the action plan for afghanistan made generous provision for family reunification, so far the 2 young women had been unable to bring their family to germany. as a sphere, there's not to dish fun if it's difficult, of course, because we don't know what is happening on to yet these in a month to how there's so good home. and that's why our, my little sister hasn't been able to go to school for 2 years now. surely again, on to the same with my big brother that for support. uh oh goodness. but he was in the music school. was a cooler on that, but it's been closed and that's for been enough dentist. and now that's a simple way to go assessed for it is difficult feeling with and yet in tech meet

in, and we have to talk to them every day to find out what is happening. see if this is wrong with it there. well, yeah, this is really difficult because we don't really know what will happen to my family, a fearful enough if they're in afghanistan and then it's getting to is a boy from the combo lift book. a initiative has been following their progress since they left afghanistan. these ones i stop the refuses to accept the reality that you comp just separate families and think that they will be fine on the golf and kind of suspension. and often just because someone is 18, it doesn't mean that they don't need the parents anymore. this is the other 4 really hard to take out of the we've managed to get the families of some of the very young women out and i know that they are doing much, much better than mari. i'm and soleah, for example, for kids, especially my am on sunday after the telephone take over

a couple of the book up again helping people who were in a cute danger to flee from afghanistan. but the people fleeing and their helpers are putting their lives on the line thus, via we are the only ones helping women traveling alone to escape the german government. in germany's international co operation agency, the guy said, don't take any women traveling alone out of the country. because the tyler vander permits, it says. and since germany follows the rules, must be a, we are the only ones doing this on the other nations, very sort of hosting i comp tell you exactly how we do it for safety reasons. but it's guessing more and more difficult to complete. see it? we asked the foreign ministry for comment in a written statement. they told us the german government did support women traveling alone. but that a male guardian, what's required yet and their coalition agreement of 2021. germany's government said it would pursue

a feminist and value driven foreign policy. there are hardly any legal escape routes out of afghanistan's august 4th when the program and these come because it's the programs they're not implemented on the napkins have no option, but to use these illegal ruses about like a daily color. but unfortunately, as it's illegal that informed you to many outcomes are affected by push back some ones that are prevented from getting to europe. this overall evaluation via kemp invite that won't be the expert from paul as is a german n g o supporting refugees had to flee afghanistan herself before that she was a deputy minister in the state ministry for peace, where she also works to both their democracy and women's rights. there were many women in her ministry, but all that changed overnight. once each or 9 boxes, one week later, this same ministry looked like this. as on the taliban are sitting there. fits in detail live on. do you hope to return to afghanistan one day with the taliban?

no longer in power? yeah. it's been, i know yes. so not to have a very positive person by nature, all buttoned into i believe in this day. and, and that one day we will return and support the rebuilding of afghanistan to i've got a son to be that are both on, on science, it's in the civil engineer. i'm on now. these are the is also trying not to give up hope. after his brother is killing, he unsuccessfully tried to get his family out through the federal admission program . but he was unable to contact one of the secret n g o is that can issue a recommendation for the now he's applying to the state of the range. he has admission program. it permits family reunification for people who have the necessary funds. unlike many others who have flood i'mma and not be that can afford to support his relatives who have a form in it. the when i am standing sure to to you from my older brother via this pro crowd of the human. but i sent all the necessary documents into my time and

immigration authority, and as well, i'm the german embassy and it's a lot of that. and we've been waiting to get an initial needs appointment for about 4 months now. finance, i mean, so of course behind the diesel he hasn't had a reply yet. so there is no way out of afghanistan for his family right now. stan lindsey this for lindsay, if i'm can you imagine if many younger brother had been murdered, a boy and the rest of your family were in danger. the 1st thing upon this, and we just don't see much as you'd be frightened to have an audience equal to germany promised to offer protection and help to people like i'm out and nobody's out does brother. but very little has happened in practical terms. why is that the interior and foreign ministry is declined to go on camera, and the people in afghanistan are not just suffering at the hands of the telephone

. in october 2023, the country was struck by powerful earthquakes. hundreds died and thousands lost their homes, including come on up sally's family. the harsh winter months lie ahead and $20000000.00 afghans are already going hungry. the world has lost sight of this humanitarian catastrophe. berlin, fledge to pursue a value driven and feminist foreign policy. many people in afghanistan believed this promise and have been let down the

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