and the women of afghanistan, most of them are educated, and they know that we respect islam and we will be very happy if they gave a chance for women to work and go to university and study and give their rights, that god gave us this right. i think it s very good news. kamila, sorry to interrupt, but can you take a single word said by a taliban spokesman seriously, given your long experience in the country and your experience of living under taliban rule before? yes, the taliban forget that 50%, or more than 50% of the population of afghanistan, i think it will be a big problem for them, especially the women that are working in the education sector and also in in health. and, right now, they are active in different sectors in afghanistan that will be
you clearly felt that it was no longer safe for you. how fearful were you? it was really, really difficult and i was very concerned, especially about myself and also about my family. early in the morning, when i heard the news, i left the home and came to the airport. it takes a lot of time to get to the plane. it was a really tough time. i received a lot of messages from different friends and people from town that the taliban came to kabul, and most of my friends, they left their houses and they sent a text message to me that, where are you? i was in the airport. it was a really, really difficult time for me. now, kamila, you refer to your friend gayle, who helped make arrangements to get you out, and of course, gayle wrote the book the dressmaker of khair khana, which was about your extraordinary life
the americans say that, ultimately, their afghan mission was about protecting america from islamist terrorism, not about freedom and human rights in your country. do you feel abandoned, betrayed, by the americans? as you see, women in afghanistan received a lot of support, especially in women s rights and human rights. 0ur expectation was different, that america will continue their support for women, especially for those women, professional women, that have a lot of achievement during 20 years. my expectation was very high that america would stay for some time, especially by the end of the peace negotiation, because right now, women are faced with a lot of challenges and a lot of difficulties in kabul. kamila, i want to end with
ashraf ghani a gutless person. i m so angry, i don t have words to explain. i wish i could just look in his eyes and tell him, i was a woman and i stayed here, while you ran away. do you feel that the same level of anger toward ashraf ghani? if i ask myself honestly, i m looking for the president that i know he was a different person. he had a different feeling for the country. and he was an honest person. i m looking to find that president where is that president? believe me, because since three years that i was working with her, the corruption and fighting with corruption was the first the first things that we focused a lot. kamila, i don t know whether you had a chance in germany to watchjoe biden address the american people, but his message to them was simple that america was no longer prepared to spend blood and treasure propping up an afghan government
that america will continue their support for women, especially for those women, professional women, that have a lot of achievement during 20 years. my expectation was very high that america would stay for some time, especially by the end of the peace negotiation, because right now, women are faced with a lot of challenges and a lot of difficulties in kabul. kamila, i want to end with a thought about the future. right now, it seems there s a split inside afghanistan. former president hamid karzai is, it seems, reaching out to the taliban and wants to pursue negotiations about some sort of political joint venture. 0n the other hand, we have the former first vice president, amrullah saleh, who has taken to the hills and is talking about armed resistance. what do you believe now is the best future for your country?