Sydney’s Afghan community has had sleepless nights worrying about friends and family, with some making anxious efforts over the weekend to help loved ones flee Kabul where the Taliban flag now flies above the Presidential Palace | AnnaPattySMH
Sydney’s Afghan community have had sleepless nights worrying about friends and family, with some making anxious efforts over the weekend to help loved ones flee Kabul where the Taliban flag now flies above the Presidential Palace.
“It’s really hard to watch and feel helpless and a sense of frustration that Western countries, including Australia, should be and could be doing more,” she said. “I’m really fearful for what is to come. He said he was disappointed Australia had not provided refuge to a greater number of people from Afghanistan at a time when Canada was rescuing thousands of people from the country.
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