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Review: August in Kabul: America’s last days in Afghanistan – Andrew Quilty
(MUP)
On page 79 of
August in Kabul, Andrew Quilty introduces us to Nadia Amini, a
19-year-old student of Tajik descent who attends a madrassa, or religious
school, in the Afghan capital. She is completing her third-semester exams with
ambitions to become a lawyer.
None of that came to pass as the Taliban swept into Kabul in mid-August, 2021.
In the process, Nadia’s own life disintegrated.
Her father had promised her as a bride to a Taliban fighter to buy protection
for his family. She resisted. Her brother beat her while her father looked on.
Her mother was unable or unwilling to intervene.
She abandoned the family for an uncertain future.
Nadia’s personal story is a thread that runs through Quilty’s account of the
last chaotic days of a failed American nation-building exercise that began with
an assault on al-Qaeda strongholds and ended in disaster."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
