Hidden in the car: Moments from the escape of prominent Afghan politician from Kabul

The fall of Cabul into the Taliban was a heavy moment for Mrs. Zarifa Ghafar.

Until the Taliban took the Afghan capital, her life was in danger. Mrs. Ghafar was chairman of Maidan Shahr, in western Kabul since 2018.

The 29-year-old became one of Afghanistan's key figures, as a rare case that led a part of Kabul and a fighter worthy of women's rights in the printed country, writes BBC, follows. Periscope.

On August 18, 2021, she was waiting for a car to drive her and her family to Kabul Airport.

During her escape to the airport, she was hiding in the underside of the car, thus undergoing any control of the Taliban.

When we got to the airport, the Taliban were in every piece of”, she confessed. I was trying to hide “, which is going on.

At the airport, he and her family helped the Turkish ambassador to Kabul, where they flew to Istanbul. From Istanbul, the Ghafarri family moved to Germany.

When I lost my father, I thought I never felt the same way in my life again. But when I left my country, it felt even more intense than the moment I lost my father”, she confessed.

I'll never be able to manage this pain in my heart. I never thought I'd leave my place like this“, she says.

Now that it's safe in the town of Dusseldorf in Germany, Mrs. Ghafar says he will try to meet as many familiar figures as possible in an effort to save more lives in Afghanistan, of course, by evacuating them. /Periscopi/