DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Hunkering indoors and watching her country fall to the Taliban, one young woman in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul described Sunday the anxiety, fears and dashed hopes her generation feels as embassies evacuate staff and the government all but crumbles.
A female high school student in Kabul, Afghanistan’s war-scarred capital, is worried that she won’t be allowed to graduate. A pomegranate farmer in Kandahar wonders if his orchards will ever be clear of Taliban land mines. A government soldier in Ghazni fears he will never stop fighting.
Thomas Gibbons-Neff, The New York Times
Published: 15 Apr 2021 11:35 AM BdST
Updated: 15 Apr 2021 11:35 AM BdST Students at Mawoud Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 10, 2021. The planned withdrawal of US troops and the Taliban’s likely return to power have raised fears about the future of education for women and girls. (Kiana Hayeri/The New York Times)
A female high school student in Kabul, Afghanistan’s war-scarred capital, is worried that she won’t be allowed to graduate. A pomegranate farmer in Kandahar wonders if his orchards will ever be clear of Taliban land mines. A government soldier in Ghazni fears he will never stop fighting.
Afghans Wonder âWhat About Me?â as U.S. Troops Prepare to Withdraw
Many Afghans fear that without the umbrella of American protection, the country will be unable to preserve its modest gains toward democracy and womenâs rights.
Students at Mawoud Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, last month. The planned withdrawal of U.S. troops and the Talibanâs likely return to power have raised fears about the future of education for women and girls.Credit.Kiana Hayeri for The New York Times
April 14, 2021Updated 8:26 a.m. ET
KABUL, Afghanistan â A female high school student in Kabul, Afghanistanâs war-scarred capital, is worried that she wonât be allowed to graduate. A pomegranate farmer in Kandahar wonders if his orchards will ever be clear of Taliban land mines. A government soldier in Ghazni fears he will never stop fighting.