Afghan research scholars, home due to pandemic, stare at uncertainty as Taliban takes over
The Hindu45-year-old Mohammed Kazem left for Kabul in Afghanistan a year ago, just before the COVID-19 lockdown was imposed in India. “Our life is very uncertain and we are not sure how safe we are after Taliban have taken over the capital,” said Mr. Kazem, in a phone conversation with The Hindu from Kabul. ‘No way of continuing research’ “We are scared, terrified and feeling hopeless, finding it difficult to even grieve,” said 33-year-old Ali Maisam, another research student in the linguistics department. ‘Hopeful that peace will be restored’ Another research scholar Ghulam Mohammad Payman said he felt dreadful, but was hopeful that the situation would change and peace would be restored. But whatever the situation, I would definitely want to return to India and complete my research,” he said.
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