On the day Kabul fell I refused to leave – I am not ready to give up on Afghanistan yet | Obaidullah Baheer

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On the day Kabul fell I refused to leave – I am not ready to give up on Afghanistan yet | Obaidullah Baheer
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We have to sit with the Taliban now and accept this new reality. I wake up every morning, put on my bravest face and try to raise my voice for my people

I saw a convoy of armed forces vehicles speeding up behind me as I drove. Despite having vacated the lane for them, I saw one car overtake me from the wrong side and a tank started moving into my lane. I barely dodged it but it managed to break my side mirror. The convoy kept driving ahead of me and I could see that they were not Taliban nor army officials. Criminals and crooks had managed to loot armed forces garrisons and government offices, exploiting the absence of security in the city.

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