Taliban

Malala, now 27, was 15 when she was shot in the head by the Taliban on the way home from school.

Between 700 and 800 families are being deported daily, Taliban officials say, with up to two million people expected to follow in the coming months.

As the Taliban advanced through Afghanistan in 2021, many Afghan soldiers surrendered or fled, abandoning their weapons and vehicles.

Since the Taliban seized power in 2021, girls over the age of 12 have been barred from getting an education, and women from many jobs.

Their son Jonathan called on the White House to intervene after Faye Hall, an American who was detained alongside them, was released last week by the Taliban, which returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021.