Posted on Apr 29, 2021
She Escaped The Taliban. Now She Fears U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan
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President Biden says the U.S. military will withdraw from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack that prompted a protracted war and years-long occupation in the region.
Critics argue that the exit could allow the Taliban to regain power as they did from 1996 to 2001, threatening the well-being of Afghan men and, particularly, women, who were stripped of their rights by the insurgent group.
Zarifa Hamidi was 7 years old in 2000 when the Taliban killed her father and forced her family to flee their village in northern Afghanistan. Her mother, who was not allowed to work because she was a woman, had to put Hamidi and her siblings in an orphanage.
Hamidi, who now lives in the U.S., speaks with Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd about her experience and how that has shaped her belief that the U.S. should not leave Afghanistan.
Critics argue that the exit could allow the Taliban to regain power as they did from 1996 to 2001, threatening the well-being of Afghan men and, particularly, women, who were stripped of their rights by the insurgent group.
Zarifa Hamidi was 7 years old in 2000 when the Taliban killed her father and forced her family to flee their village in northern Afghanistan. Her mother, who was not allowed to work because she was a woman, had to put Hamidi and her siblings in an orphanage.
Hamidi, who now lives in the U.S., speaks with Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd about her experience and how that has shaped her belief that the U.S. should not leave Afghanistan.
She Escaped The Taliban. Now She Fears U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan
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Afghanistan
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I agree that a lot of horrible stuff will happen when we leave. Unfortunately we are sitting there with our finger stuck in a leaking dike and I don't see a positive outcome there. I don't see any way to fix the hole. So we either sit there forever with our finger in the hole or decide there are better ways to invest our blood and treasure.
Similarly could we have stayed in South Vietnam perpetually and kept the North Vietnamese at bay? Yeah, probably. In hindsight would it have been a good idea? Probably not.
Similarly could we have stayed in South Vietnam perpetually and kept the North Vietnamese at bay? Yeah, probably. In hindsight would it have been a good idea? Probably not.
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The Taliban is biding time until the US leaves. It doesn't matter how long we stay - they are going to regain control. UNLESS the Afghan people fight back and make them realize they aren't wanted. We can't stay there forever.
I'm sorry for what those people have gone through but we don't need to be in the middle of civil wars in other countries.
I'm sorry for what those people have gone through but we don't need to be in the middle of civil wars in other countries.
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