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Afghans walk at a tourist resort where they are accommodated, in Shengjin, 70 kilometer (44 mile) northwest of the capital, Tirana, Albania, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Hundreds of Afghans are languishing in Albania, waiting for the U.S. visas they were promised, almost two years after fleeing the Taliban takeover of their country. For many, it's an emotional roller coaster. (AP Photo/Llazar Semini)

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After escaping the Taliban, hundreds of Afghans languish in Albania in a prolonged US visa process
By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press
Sun,06/18/23-2:07AM , 94 Reads
SHENGJIN, Albania (AP) — Almost two years since he fled Afghanistan to escape the Taliban takeover, Firooz Mashoof is still haunted by the memory of his last day in Kabul — the bus that took him to the airport, getting on a packed
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Tourist guide Afrim Cenaj, 44, shows the underground tunnels beneath the city of Kukes, about 150 kilometers (90 miles) north of Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. A new underground museum of tunnels built during the former communist regime to shelter residents in case of a war will serve Kukes, Albania’s poorest district, to attract tourists. (AP Photo/Franc Zhurda)

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Poor Albanian town pins tourism hopes on communist tunnels
By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press
Fri,03/31/23-1:21AM , 148 Reads
KUKES, Albania (AP) — If you'd like to walk for miles in concrete burrows built to defend an isolationist totalitarian regime that nobody wanted to attack, Kukes in northeastern Albania is the place for you.
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A welcome sign is seen at the entrance of Bajram Curri town, 240 kilometers (150 miles) northern of Tirana, Albania, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Thousands of young Albanians have crossed the English Channel in recent years to seek a new life in the U.K. Their dangerous journey in small boats or inflatable dinghies reflects Albania's anemic economy and a younger generation’s longing for fresh opportunities. (AP Photo/Franc Zhurda)

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Eager young Albanians risk everything for new future in UK
By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press
Thu,03/23/23-2:25AM , 137 Reads
BAJRAM CURRI, Albania (AP) — Monika Mulaj's son was in his second year of college in Albania, studying to become a mechanical engineer, when he resolved to make a daring change: He told his parents he would leave his lifelong home for a new future in Britain.
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Flamingos rest in Narta Lagoon, about 140 kilometers (90 miles) southwest of the Albanian capital of Tirana, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Environmentalists fear that the new airport will harm the local fauna and ecosystem of this lagoon as it is home to many migratory birds. (AP Photo/Franc Zhurda)

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Environmentalists say new airport threatens Albanian lagoons
By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press
Wed,02/15/23-1:53AM , 248 Reads
AKERNI, Albania (AP) — A new, multimillion-euro international airport near Albania's coastal city of Vlora will mean hundreds of jobs for area residents. But environmentalists warn it could cause irreparable damage to the fragile ecosystems of protected lagoons that host flamingos, pelicans and millions of other migratory birds.
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