With his eyes set on Canada, Afghan journalist Ziar Khan Yaad's financial situation has grown more dire, months after finishing his application to come under the federal government's resettlement program.
Speaking to CTV's Your Morning on Thursday from Pakistan, Yaad says after arriving in the country last fall, he completed his biometrics, which includes providing fingerprints and a photo, and was told by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada that he would likely be on a plane to Canada within a month.
Working as a journalist for the Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews, covering stories about war, peace, politics and security, he says rights around free speech and for women were much different before the Taliban takeover.In August 2021, Yaad was reporting in Kabul, speaking to local workers about unemployment, when people claiming to be the Taliban came, beat him, and confiscated his phone and camera operator’s equipment.
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