'Such Despair': Widows, Children Of Islamic State Fighters Given Second Chance In Kazakhstan

Since the military defeat of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group in 2019, Kazakhstan has repatriated more than 700 of its citizens from Syria and Iraq, most of them the wives and children of foreign fighters. While many European countries have been reluctant to take back their citizens, the Central Asian nation has been praised by UN officials for devoting substantial resources to deradicalize Kazakh widows of IS fighters and help them and their children adapt to their new lives back home.