Afghan activist dreams of going back one day

Golem, Aug. 30: Ghazaal Habibyar is in an Albanian tourist resort, safe with her husband and three children after being evacuated from Afghanistan. But her mind is not at rest, for many others she knows are still in danger from the Taliban. Habibyar, 38, is concerned about her extended family and distraught about the over 180 people killed at Kabul airport just one hour before her chaotic takeoff.

Her family, including a 2month-old daughter, and other human rights activists drove in a bus for 36 hours trying to find an entrance to Kabul’s Hamid Karzai Airport. Just before boarding the plane on Thursday, they heard so much noise in the air they were told the flight could be cancelled.

After 40 minutes, they were hustled aboard the plane, which took off in a frightening vertical way to avoid being shot at.

Thursday’s suicide bombing at the airport by an

THE UK government has said it will continue to drive a coordinated international response to Afghanistan under Taliban control after its last troops left the country over the weekend, with a series of diplomatic efforts planned from Monday with UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab participating in a meeting with Qatar, Turkey, fellow G7 partners and Nato.

Islamic State group affiliate killed at least 169 Afghans and 13 US service members.

There are times in your life when you feel guilty for being alive. That could have been us, definitely, she said. Those people who have lost their lives, they have families, they’re very young people.

She and her family are among 457 Afghans being housed in Albania since Friday. —