I set up a free school for Afghan girls – and the Taliban blindfolded me and broke my nose and jaw

When Basir Arian was summoned to the Taliban headquarters, he knew he had to go. To defy them meant death. The torture left him devastated and sure he had to leave the country ‘I knew that sooner or later, they would come for me,” says Basir Arian. After the Taliban regained…

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