{"id":1211,"date":"2016-03-14T20:02:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T20:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taand.com\/en\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2016-03-14T20:02:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T20:02:12","slug":"afghan-refugees-being-pushed-to-return-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=1211","title":{"rendered":"Afghan refugees being pushed to return home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kabul &#8211;<\/strong> More than 200,000 Afghans have left their country in pursuit of a better life. 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