'It's like a living hell for us now.'
"I really prefer staying at home rather than going out and seeing this chaos. It's better to stay inside and be safe," Amina said.
They said they'll never forget Aug. 15 -- the day they woke up to embattled President Ashraf Ghani fleeing the country and the Taliban"At that moment, the day Kabul was taken, we were, like, 'no, there's no way for us to be able to leave this place. We are stuck here." Zahra said. "I feel really bad that Afghans are not standing up for themselves enough, but they have no choice," she said."If they stand up for themselves, they get shot, or they will be dead. So we're all scared for our lives."A father's devotion to education makes him a target
Housing provided by that university for the last eight years is now under Taliban control. The family retreated to their"ancestral home" at the end of July, which they feel thankful to have kept while their dad was teaching, asThe professor, whose name ABC News is withholding for security concerns, speaks at an international conference in 2020.
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