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Kabul: 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.
Three Afghans from disparate walks of life, now each asking the same question: What will become of me when the Americans leave?
President Joe Biden has vowed to withdraw all American troops by September 11, 20 years after the first Americans arrived to drive out al-Qaeda following the 2001 terrorist attacks. âWar in Afghanistan was never meant to be a multi-generational undertaking,â he said, speaking from the White House.
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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.
Power Up: Biden goes it alone on Afghanistan Jacqueline Alemany
thanks for waking up with us. : Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced stop in Afghanistan on Thursday for meetings with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, who is heading up negotiations with the Taliban, to reassure them that Washington’s support for the war-torn country will continue despite the U.S. decision to withdraw all military forces by Sept. 11, our colleague John Hudson, who is traveling with Blinken, reports. “Ghani and his advisers met Blinken and his aides at Kabul’s ornate presidential palace. At the top of the meeting, Ghani told Blinken, ‘We respect [President Biden’s] decision and are adjusting our priorities.’”
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.