Last night I was back and forth texting with my friend U. I know the same is happening to others with contacts in Afghanistan. It was so bizarre and chilling to be getting her messages at the same time as I was watching the news on TV showing what she was texting.
"Hi Gali, now Taliban came to Kabul and maybe tonight Kabul will become under their control too ..."
"Gali the situation is really so bad I am afraid a lot. They are going very fast..."
"They are against women especially women activists. And still they have killed some of them. Now I am trying to change my home to save my life ..."
Kabul Airport
"When the Taliban came to Kabul, some families went to the airport to leave the country and there was gunfire." That gunfire seems to have been from US troops to disperse the crowds according to tonight's news.
I wrote to U that I was watching Australian news on TV but that now I'm looking at Al Jazeera online to get the most immediate news on Afghanistan.
"Most journalists have left the country and last night most of the TVs broadcast the Islamic serial and they had no news programs at all," she wrote.
Videos courtesy of U
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