‘Not dolls to play with’: Afghan medical students face Pakistan expulsion

Islamabad, Pakistan – Alishba*, a medical student, was on a maternity ward night shift in Lahore when her phone began filling with messages on September 8.

“Someone said, ‘We’ve received a notification that almost 20 students are being expelled,’” she told Al Jazeera, her name changed to protect her identity. “My first reaction was, this is nonsense. How could a government expel...