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American mom trapped by Taliban describes horrific violence, pleads for Biden to solve evacuation crisis
Fox News ^ | 8/21/2021 | Michael Ruiz , Sara Ballou

Posted on 08/22/2021 3:06:39 AM PDT by LibWhacker

An American mom trapped in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan is worried she'll never see her kids again and in hiding with family members and Afghan allies – unable to reach Kabul's U.S.-held airport for a chance at an evacuation, she said Saturday.

"I really have given up hope, given up on the hope of going to the airport," the woman, whose identity is being withheld due to concerns for her safety, told Fox News. "It’s just not possible to make it through all those people."

She said there are as many as 20 Taliban checkpoints between her and the airport – and she’s one of an uncertain number of American citizens trapped behind enemy lines.

Every moment that a car passes by, I feel like they are going to pull in and execute us. I don't know if I'm going to see my children again.

She was whipped by Taliban fighters on one attempt to get through, she said. A man standing near her was shot in the head on another try, leaving his wife and baby in tears. Since then, she's been in hiding.

TALIBAN GOING ‘HOUSE TO HOUSE’ IN AFGHANISTAN ‘HANGING’ PEOPLE WHO WORKED WITH US

"We are devastated," she said. "We're scared for our lives. Every moment that a car passes by, I feel like they are going to pull in and execute us. I don't know if I'm going to see my children again."

She said the situation was dire – even hopeless. She would rather commit suicide than allow the Taliban to capture her. And despite Taliban assurances to the U.S. that Americans would be allowed to pass through the checkpoints surrounding the airport, she said she fears showing her U.S. passport to militants who could be members of other terror groups, including ISIS and al Qaeda.

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KEYWORDS: afghanistan; american; contemplating; mom; suicide; trapped; violence
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To: Mom MD

I 100% agree with you.

I’m human and far from perfect so I don’t mind you drawing attention to my screw ups. In fact I thank you.

Often there is a fine line between awareness and judgment. The difference is compassion and Love.

The worst part is that when someone evokes an emotional response in us, it’s usually because we dislike in them what we most dislike in ourselves.

🙏🙏🙏


63 posted on 08/22/2021 10:29:28 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: MayflowerMadam

I was wondering that myself. Why are so many Americans in that pest house of country anyway? Are they aid workers or something?


64 posted on 08/22/2021 10:39:37 AM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses . Now governed by idiots.)
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To: Pollard

Is that real?


65 posted on 08/22/2021 12:04:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Jack Posobiec posted it on getter and said it was Kabul


66 posted on 08/22/2021 12:42:36 PM PDT by Pollard
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