The threats started with phone calls in 2011 to her home in Kandahar.
The mother of six had no idea her Canadian brother was working so close by, just 10 or 15 kilometres away, until the Taliban told her.
The phone calls continued every four or five days for years. Sometimes the woman's husband, a police officer, would pick up the phone. Though the Canadian government recently created a program specifically to bring the families of people like Sam to safety, his sister doesn't qualify because she fled too early — before the Taliban took over the country.
Though members of the military advocated on his behalf, his family did not qualify for resettlement through the special programs created after the takeover. He says he was met with silence from the government. But that only applies to people who were in Afghanistan after July 22, 2021, shortly before Kabul fell to the Taliban.
"Each program has eligibility requirements, and individuals must meet those requirements to be eligible to apply," he said.
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