One Afghan view on the troop withdrawal

Apr 21 2021

An opinion in The New York Times, by Farahnaz Forotan, an Afghan television journalist who fled the country after her life was threatened.

I Met a Taliban Leader and Lost Hope for My Country

A quote will give you the picture.

“As men continue to bicker over the future and control of Afghanistan, I have already lost my home and my country. I worked in Kabul as a television journalist for 12 years, and finally left in November after threats to my life.

I know how the Taliban plan to shape the future of my country, and their vision of my country has no space for me.”

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PS here is another good piece about the situation by NYT columnist Thomas L. Friedman What Joe Biden and I Saw After the U.S. Invaded Afghanistan