Inside the Underground Railroad Out of Afghanistan
Afghan refugees exit an US air force plane upon their arrival at Pristina International airport on August 29, 2021. (Armend Nimani/AFP via Getty Images)
A list of 500 Afghans was shared with me. Then I was asked to choose five.
On Saturday night I had just sat down to have a drink with a friend when he got a call. He apologized for having to take it, but it was urgent: it was about the Afghan women’s orchestra. They were stuck in Kabul and desperate to get out. He was involved in the effort to extract them.
Twenty minutes later, we ordered another martini.
I’ve been thinking a …
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