Taliban is “hunting Americans,” Says California mom-to-be left behind in Afghanistan

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Taliban is ‘hunting Americans,’ says California mom-to-be left behind in Afghanistan
The American, who just got married and said she is pregnant, says she wonders if she will die in Afghanistan

By Brie Stimson | Fox News


Rep. Issa trying to help pregnant constituent get out of Afghanistan
House Foreign Affairs Committee member Darrell Issa on the fight to free trapped citizens in Afghanistan and bring them back to America.

A pregnant woman named Nasria, a California native, flew to Afghanistan in June to visit family and get married. As of early September, she remained one of the estimated 100 to 200 Americans left behind in the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. forces, according to a report.

Now that the U.S. military is gone, the Taliban is "hunting Americans," she told the Voice of America.

"I think to myself, ‘Am I going to make it home? Am I going to end up living here? Am I going to end up dying here? What’s going to happen?'" Nasria, 25, who asked to be referred to only by her first name for safety reasons, said.


"Apparently they’re [the Taliban] going door-to-door … trying to see if anybody has a blue passport," she said.

"They’re going door-to-door … trying to see if anybody has a blue passport."
— Nasria, 25, an American in Afghanistan
Nasria, 25, an American in Afghanistan (Fox News)
Nasria, 25, an American in Afghanistan (Fox News)
Last week, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who has been working to rescue Americans remaining in Afghanistan, said during an appearance on Fox News that Nasria had been kicked in the stomach by Taliban fighters.

"Anyone who says there aren't people stranded is wrong," Issa said during the broadcast.

As the country fell to the Taliban, Nasria and her husband, an Afghan national, hurried to the overcrowded and chaotic Kabul airport in an effort to evacuate.

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"It was so hard to get on a flight. There were a couple of days where we had to sleep on streets," she said. "People were literally stepping over people. That’s how bad it was."
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The Taliban have their hands full with just trying to run the country. They don't have the resources. Just tough talk.

https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/for...jfaQtuSfNTX2NigdqueK3QTA9WjU08kT4Fdkkfd5Tcxro

"Jared Wee
7 February 2023·2-min read
Malay Mail
Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — After achieving their goal to take control of Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban have been faced with the reality of actually running it.

Men who once rode horses armed with machine guns now spend their time behind computers working office hours in the city, some allegedly addicted to social media.

Five former Taliban members, aged between 25 to 32, shared their struggle to adapt to a new way of life in a recent interview with non-profit research agency the Afghanistan Analytics Network.

“I sometimes miss the jihad life for all the good things it had,” said 25-year-old clerk Abdul Nafi.

“In our ministry, there’s little work for me to do. Therefore, I spend most of my time on Twitter... Many mujahedin (guerilla fighters), including me, are addicted to the Internet, especially Twitter.”

https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-e...fghanistan-one-year-after-the-u-s-withdrawal/

"One year after the U.S. troop withdrawal, Afghanistan faces a collapsed economy, humanitarian crisis, and a Taliban regime essentially unchanged from that of 1996-2001."

"AFZAL: Well, one year in, the Taliban have really struggled to transition from a fighting force and insurgency to now being in charge of Afghanistan, to governing. And part of that is because that was what the foot soldiers were used to for twenty years, was fighting, and now they’re in office in many places in the country. And part of it is because there isn’t really an economy to govern because of sanctions, because of the cutting off of aid that Afghanistan was so dependent on. The country doesn’t really have a functional economy, so that has also stymied the Taliban."