As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, Taliban progress is accelerating

“Picking up a gun is the last option,” said Abdul Latif, 22, a university student whose younger sister was killed in a deadly bomb attack on a school in a difficult Khazar neighborhood in Kabul. to my colleagues. “We want to educate ourselves, vote in elections and abide by the law. But these terrorists want to commit genocide against our sect, against our success. If the government cannot protect us and our families, that may be our only option. “