‘The Taliban Are Looking for Me’

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Taliban fighters patrol Kabul, Afghanistan, August 19, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Rahmat Gul Yesterday’s bombing at Kabul’s international airport has drastically curtailed evacuation flights for at-risk Afghans. The effort was already winding down, after getting out some human rights defenders, women’s rights activists, journalists, interpreters, and others, but leaving many more behind to face growing threats. In recent weeks, a global network of organizations, military veterans, and journalists – sometimes under the hashtag #DigitalDunkirk – helped get Afghans on…

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