Women’s Agenda Australia report…
Afghanistan’s Minister for Women, Hasina Safi has fled the country in disguise, saying it was “the hardest, hardest day.”
Safi, who told ABC’s The World Today program she had to disguise her face to evade the Taliban, is now in the UK. Safi became Afghanistan’s acting Minister for Women last May and served until the fall of Kabul last month.
“This would be my life’s most difficult situation and decision,” she told ABC. “I have been crying the whole week, I can’t stop. If you see my face, you will not understand who it is.”
“The military of Australia called me and they really tried to coordinate for my evacuation, but I could not because I was very, very afraid to take the decision to [take] the local taxi.”
“The Australian government also called me and they told me to send [them] the list [of staff to] the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
She reported she saw people trying to escape Kabul when she was at the airport.
Read the full report at https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/afghan-minister-for-women-flees-country-in-disguise-as-unicef-hold-deepest-concern-for-women-and-children/
