Sarina and her 2-year-old daughter made a harrowing escape from Afghanistan in late August. Now she’s pleading for help to save family still in the country. “If they do not go out, it’s like life ends for them — because there is nothing left over there.”
Sarina spoke to ABC News from a military base in Holland about her journey out of Kabul in late August, after the Taliban seized Afghanistan."Everything bad that you think of was there," Sarina told ABC News in a video call, wiping away tears."I was feeling like, 'I'm gonna die. Why?'"
Her husband also came out with bruises, she said, after Taliban fighters whipped him with strands of rubber. Thousands queued outside the airport, and thousands, like Sarina, didn't make it out of Afghanistan that day.Inside Abbey Gate, British and American security forces maintain order amongst the Afghan evacuees waiting to leave, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 25, 2021.
She said she worked on USAID projects and in a legal clinic for nearly three years, helping women divorce their husbands after domestic violence, before taking her"dream job" at the relief and development organization, Cordaid."Millions of girls, they want education. They want to study in universities. They want jobs. Even if you go to the villages of Afghanistan, you can see that desire in their eyes -- how much the Afghan woman wants education," she said.
Cori Shepherd Stern, an Oscar-nominated filmmaker who has an adopted refugee daughter, reached out to Sarina after learning of her situation through a mutual friend. It gave her the motivation she needed for a second attempt two days later."The sheer terror she was feeling, the horrified shock from what she was witnessing was very, very clear and immediate to me," she said.
Shepherd Stern, who helped Sarina with moral support, and a small team of volunteers are now helping her family with paperwork to get them out. The options they're looking into include a P-2 visa for her father or individual humanitarian parole for each family member. "He was always telling me that you should stand on your feet. 'I am educating you to be a strong woman,' and I'm a strong woman, but I am feeling bad that he is not here," she cried."He does not deserve to be over there while these people rule over him."
Brasil Últimas Notícias, Brasil Manchetes
Similar News:Você também pode ler notícias semelhantes a esta que coletamos de outras fontes de notícias.
Afghan girls, faraway relatives worry over dreams disruptedAs a wary world watches to see the Taliban’s policies for women, many girls and young women in Afghanistan are afraid the future they've envisioned may become out of reach. Perhaps none are more worried than the faraway women who could have been them.
Consulte Mais informação »
Dreams on hold: Afghan women and girls desperate to get back to class'In this situation, I do not see my dreams coming true.'
Consulte Mais informação »
Digital Health’s Newest Unicorn Provides Lonely People With A ‘Family On Demand’Papa founder and CEO Andrew Parker has raised $150 million at a $1.4 billion valuation to help seniors and low-income families get access to companionship and help around the house.
Consulte Mais informação »
Digital Health’s Newest Unicorn Provides Lonely People With A ‘Family On Demand’Papa founder and CEO Andrew Parker has raised $150 million at a $1.4 billion valuation to help seniors and low-income families get access to companionship and help around the house.
Consulte Mais informação »
Digital Health’s Newest Unicorn Provides Lonely People With A ‘Family On Demand’Papa founder and CEO Andrew Parker has raised $150 million at a $1.4 billion valuation to help seniors and low-income families get access to companionship and help around the house.
Consulte Mais informação »
Dreams on hold: Afghan women and girls desperate to get back to class'In this situation, I do not see my dreams coming true.'
Consulte Mais informação »