Liza Karimi reports for Current Time TV from Afghanistan.
Listen to Afghan reporter Liza Karimi describe the events of August 23, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan, as thousands desperately try to leave the country, and armed resistance against the Taliban persists in Panjshir Province.
Current Time is publishing a daily series of audio diaries by Kabul-based freelance journalist Liza Karimi. The diaries provide an Afghan perspective on how the country is changing since the Taliban’s August 15, 2021 takeover of Kabul.
In this subtitled audio diary, Current Time reporter Liza Karimi shared how Kabul is changing after the Taliban's August 15, 2021 takeover, what people are discussing, and what she herself is experiencing.
After the Taliban’s rapid August 15 takeover of both Kabul and national political power, Current Time’s freelance Afghanistan reporter Liza Karimi elaborated to Morning newscast anchor Aleksei Aleksandrov about responding to the challenges of this change.
Current Time spoke with three adult residents of Afghanistan who recall the disruption that occurred when the Taliban came to power in 1996, and fear what the consequences may be if they manage to return to rule Afghanistan now, after the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops.
U.S. President Joe Biden pledged on July 8 to grant visas to Afghan interpreters who have worked for the United States and to evacuate them out of the country. One interpreter and a former senior Afghan intelligence official emphasized the risks the Taliban poses to these individuals.
As the Taliban advance broadens throughout northern Afghanistan, the Afghan capital, Kabul, is becoming a last-hope sanctuary for many of the thousands of Kunduz Province residents who have fled the area. But those who make it to Kabul find their struggle far from over.
Long traumatized by violence, Afghans interviewed by Current Time are struggling to stay optimistic about the future as U.S. troops withdraw.
Fifteen-year-old Masuma, an Afghan schoolgirl, just wanted to learn. But her decision to attend classes on May 8, 2021 ultimately took her life. The bombing of Kabul’s all-female Sayed Al-Shuhada School, located in a predominantly ethnic Hazara neighborhood, killed 85 people and wounded some 150.
Each day, gender poses a potentially lethal risk to Afghanistan’s thousands of female police officers. Current Time Kabul reporter Liza Karimi spoke in July 2020 with Afghan policewomen who, despite the dangers, have chosen to persevere with their careers
