Malalai Azimee remembers crossing a river and climbing a wall, feeling fearful with her three daughters by her side as she tried to reach officials at the airport and escape the Taliban regime in August 2021.

Aug. 15 marks four years since the Taliban captured Afghanistan's capital city Kabul only hours after U.S. troops withdrew. Azimee is just one of many Afghans who found refuge in Toronto but now worry their families won't be afforded the same opportunity.

"The journey was full of fear, uncertainty, frustration," said Azimee, who was a social worker and women's rights activist before she fled. "Once we arrived we felt safe. And finally we thought, 'we don't have to fear anymore, we are in safety now.'"

Canada welcomed over 55,000 Afghans between August 2021 and November 2024, accord

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