Young people evacuated from Kabul during west’s withdrawal in 2021 remain apart from parents who could not leave
In August 2021, as the UK and US withdrew from Afghanistan, marking the end of the 20-year war, Zulikha Zazai and her family were among thousands of Afghans and foreigners at Hamid Karzai international airport desperate to leave as the Taliban returned to power.
“It was [such a] horrible time for me,” said Zazai, 20, recalling being separated from her parents as teargas was fired into the crowd. “At that time I didn’t feel that I was leaving them.”
Continue reading…Young people evacuated from Kabul during west’s withdrawal in 2021 remain apart from parents who could not leave In August 2021, as the UK and US withdrew from Afghanistan, marking the end of the 20-year war, Zulikha Zazai and her family were among thousands of Afghans and foreigners at Hamid Karzai international airport desperate to leave as the Taliban returned to power.“It was [such a] horrible time for me,” said Zazai, 20, recalling being separated from her parents as teargas was fired into the crowd. “At that time I didn’t feel that I was leaving them.” Continue reading…