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Former Taliban member Rahmatullah Hashemi’s relation to Yale last year may have helped to cause the decline in applications this year to Yale College.
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Former Taliban member Rahmatullah Hashemi’s relation to Yale last year may have helped to cause the decline in applications this year to Yale College.

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