"Tuhan's family crossed the border from China's western Xinjiang region to Afghanistan 45 years ago to escape persecution." [https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/04/asia/uyghur-afghanistan-taliban-china-intl-hnk-dst/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/04/asia/uyghur-afghanistan-taliban-china-intl-hnk-dst/index.html)