families in afghanistan, uighur families living in afghanistan, and they are afraid from china because the taliban was dealing with china behind the door and they are afraid to send them back to china. reporter: since 2016, china allegedly detained up to 2 million uighurs and other muslims in internment camps as part of what it calls a campaign against islamic extremism. yet beijing has been courting the taliban. they held talks in late july and this week a taliban spokesman called for closer ties with bei beijing. translator: we look forward to building a very strong relationship with china. because it is a rapidly developing country which can support afghanistan. reporter: cnn obtained testimony of more than a dozen uighurs detailing alleged detention and deportation from other middle eastern countries back to china. asked about this recent report
for just $64.99 a month. plus, ask how to get a prepaid card up to $500. call or go online today to learn more. comcast business. powering possibilities. taliban takeover has alarmed many afghans who fear their harsh policies, among them uighurs who relocated to afghanistan from china years ago, now many are terrified that the taliban will deport them back to china. ivan watson is joining us from hong kong. you ve been looking into this story. what more can you tell us? there are a number of different communities in afghanistan that are concerned for the future. and they can vary based on ethn ethnicity, religion, gender or what kind of a role somebody may have played in the past regime,
closing ceremony for the paralympics is just hours away. athletes from around the world broke dozens of records. china is dominating the medal count with 96 golds and 207 total medals. great britain is a distant second with 42 golds. followed by the united states and russian paralympic committee. jessica long won since medals giving her 29 career medals. and she spoke about her remarkable career. jessica, you are now a 29-time paralympic medalist, going home with a full set of medals. how will you reflect on your experience here? it is unreal. i don t think that it has really hit me yet. i like the sound of 29 paralympic medals. that sounds so insane just thinking about this journey that i ve been on since i was 12
afghanistan more than a decade ago after marrying an afghan. on august 25th, the woman s family made it on to this military flight to italy where she speaks to cnn from quarantine on condition we don t identify her. she fears the taliban could hurt her in-laws still in afghanistan. and that the chinese government could target her other relatives. translator: right now china is trying to capture and sendwe. if i go back to china, the chinese would torture and kill me. reporter: uighurs exiled are among the many terrified by the taliban takeover. i m representative of reporter: this man was born in afghanistan after parents fled. what scenario are you worried about? there is a lot of the
which alleges the forced repatriation of over 851 uighurs from 23 countries from 1997 and 2016, china s foreign ministry told cnn the report was published by an separatist organization and not worth a response. that is cold comfort for this family who don t want to be identified. translator: we face oppression here in afghanistan. and we re afraid to go back after hearing about the oppression in our homeland. reporter: uighur exiles caught between a rock and a hard place like millions of others in afghanistan, now facing a very uncertain future. for its part the taliban has issued a general amnesty they say for all afghans who may have had roles in the former u.s. backed government saying that they are all welcome to