‘I’d give it all away’: Afghan-Australian Yalda Hakim ‘devastated’ by Taliban’s takeover | hornery
Her compelling, live-to-air and completely impromptu 30-minute BBC interview with Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen, conducted on her mobile phone’s loudspeakerBut the Afghan-Australian, who has been based in London for nearly a decade and has fearlessly scrutinised the Taliban for years, says she would give it up in a heartbeat.
From Macarthur Girls High, Hakim has become a successful, well-educated woman and unlikely conduit between the repressive militant Islamist group and the West as images of horror and despair flood screens around the world.Hakim was six months old when she, along with her architect father and midwife mother, was smuggled out of Afghanistan on horseback in the dead of night and across the border into Pakistan, escaping the war between the Soviet Union and the Afghan mujahideen resistance.
“Those privileges have allowed me to do what I am doing today. I will always be grateful for that … and in some small way I hope I can help the world understand better what is going on.”century-old Spanish mission mansion in Vaucluse that was built for the Arnott biscuit family has not only shocked neighbours but also focused attention on many of Sydney’s grand old homes, as fears grow they could be destined for the wrecking ball.
Apparently the place fell into disrepair because Reynolds, who grew up a few houses away, and the previous owner of the other duplex could not reach an agreement on fixing it up. The property was once owned byNeighbours around the silvertail enclave of Longworth Avenue, Point Piper lament the loss of a gracious Spanish mission-style home, complete with twisted barley columns and beautiful timber-lined verandahs, at No.9.
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