- One of the first female mayors of Afghanistan said that she must avoid the Taliban to reach Kabul Airport.
- Zarifa Gafari Tell BBC She hid in the car pit and escaped the Taliban checkpoint.
- She said that militants came to her home to beat her security guard after taking control of Afghanistan.
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One of Afghanistan’s first female mayors said she hid in a car pit to avoid the Taliban while trying to escape to Kabul Airport.
Zarifa Gafari Tell BBC Taliban militants came to her home after the organization regained control of the country and beat her security guard.
She said that on August 18-three days after the Taliban occupied Kabul-she and her family drove to the city’s airport, where she hid in a foothole, avoiding every time the vehicle passed the Taliban checkpoint.
“When we arrived at the airport gate, there were Taliban fighters everywhere,” she said. “I have been trying to hide myself.”
In addition, who is Mayor of Maidanshar CityIn an interview with the BBC from Germany, she managed to be evacuated there.
She called the day the Taliban occupied Kabul “the worst moment of my life.”
“I can never control the pain inside. I never intend to leave my country,” she said.
The BBC reported that she had survived other people who tried to kill her.
Her father, a senior member of the Afghan army, was killed last year. Gafari told the BBC that she thought he had enemies in the Taliban.
She told news Before she left Afghanistan: “I sit here waiting for them to come. No one can help me or my family. I just sat with them and my husband. “
“They will come and find someone like me to kill me. I can’t leave my family. Anyway, where am I going?”
