8 minutes agoShe went to marry in Afghanistan, the stranded American relates anxiety and trauma
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The 25-year-old woman from California, Nasria, went to the Afghan capital in June to visit her family and marry her boyfriend. She and her husband went to the airport after the Taliban took over but without luck. It was very difficult to find a place on the plane. We slept outside for a few days. People [...]
She and her husband went to the airport after the Taliban took over but without luck.
It was very difficult to find a place on the plane. We slept outside for a few days. People stepped on each other. It was very bad”, it tells about the Voice of America.
After her reserved flight to America was canceled amid chaos, she turned to the State Department for help.
We were told to get to a certain location and someone would drive us. The place was in the middle of the road across the airport. We waited 12 to 13 hours more without eating or drinking, with nothing”, she says.
She told the Taliban, but they kept blocking the couple by day and by night.
I got a gun barrel. U.S. soldiers were waiting for us at the gate for us to pass. But the Taliban wouldn't leave us. At one point I ran past them, but they shot me in front of my feet, ordering me to come back or kill me. I've never experienced anything like this in my life. It was like a film scene”, Nasria relates.
She says that her husband, an Afghan citizen, even begged the Taliban to let his wife enter the airport without her, but she refused to leave her husband behind.
I would never leave without my husband, because my heart tells me I would never return to Afghanistan after I left home. I'm waiting for a child who needs a father. I need my husband at my side”, says the Voice of America blocked in Afghanistan.
Now that the U.S. Army has left, Nasria says, the Taliban are looking for Americans.
“They are going door-to-door to find out who has a blue passport”, Nasria says.
State Department has told him to wait ready after they find a way to evacuate him. In a conversation with the Voice of America, she says she is becoming discouraged every day.
I don't think I'll be able to go home and eventually I've lost all hope. When I couldn't get through, even though I was only 15 steps from the airport and I was told that someone would come out and take me, what hope can I have now? / VOA/
