Zubair Ahmad, a 23-year-old who runs a grocery store on one of the main boulevards in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, worries greatly about his nation’s prospects.
“There’s no hope for the future,” he says. “Afghans are leaving the country. I don’t know whether I am going to be safe 10 minutes from now.”
After 20 years of fighting, the United States was completing its withdrawal from Afghanistan as this issue went to press, ending the longest war in America’s history.
Zubair Ahmad runs a grocery store on one of the main boulevards in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. The 23-year-old worries greatly about what’s to come for his nation.
“There’s no hope for the future,” he says. “Afghans are leaving the country. I don’t know whether I am going to be safe 10 minutes from now.”
After 20 years of fighting, the United States was completing its withdrawal from Afghanistan as this issue went to press. The retreat signaled the end of the longest war in America’s history.