Afghan refugee gets special 1-yr resident status in Japan

Afghan refugee gets special 1-yr resident status in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Yunos Taheri (photo), a man belonging to an Afghan ethnic minority group, has been granted special resident status in Japan for one year, Osaka immigration authorities said Nov. 2. Taheri, a member of the Harakat-i-Islami (Islamic Movement) with the opposition Northern Alliance, was arrested by the Taliban in 1996 in Kabul and subsequently detained for four months. He later escaped and came to Japan in 1999 after traveling to Iran and South Korea.

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    Afghan refugee gets special 1-yr resident status in Japan

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    OSAKA, Japan - Yunos Taheri (photo), a man belonging to an Afghan ethnic minority group, has been granted special resident status in Japan for one year, Osaka immigration authorities said Nov. 2. Taheri, a member of the Harakat-i-Islami (Islamic Movement) with the opposition Northern Alliance, was arrested by the Taliban in 1996 in Kabul and subsequently detained for four months. He later escaped and came to Japan in 1999 after traveling to Iran and South Korea.