Afghans recall harrowing evacuations as they mark one year since the fall of Kabul
PATERSON — A year ago, Kabul fell to the Taliban and some 80,000 Afghan refugees fled political or religious persecution and began their quest to b...
PATERSON — A year ago, Kabul fell to the Taliban and some 80,000 Afghan refugees fled political or religious persecution and began their quest to become Americans, 1,000 of them settling in New Jersey. They left behind their old lives. Shahla and Fatima Farid, a mother and daughter associated with the University of Kabul until the Taliban took over, were among those who lost everything. Members of the Farid family, mom, dad and three daughters, fled Kabul, taking weeks to wend their way to Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan.