Tag: Taliban
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Pueblo man held in Afghanistan for more than a year released, Taliban says
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Tuesday released American academic Dennis Coyle after holding him for over a year, with the foreign ministry saying the release came on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday that marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. A statement from the ministry said the academic researcher had…
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‘I left my soul behind:’ Afghan generals now based in Denver reflect 20 months after leaving home
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As he stepped into a Royal Air Force C-17 transport plane on August 19, 2021, while chaos swallowed Kabul, Lt. Gen. Sami Sadat had a thought: What if he stayed behind and took his men into Kabul to kill as many Taliban fighters as they could? The decision would likely have meant death for him and…
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Colorado braces for what it means to be a safe haven for refugees from war-torn Afghanistan
Thirty Afghan orphans who somehow survived the chaotic exit from Kabul airport on top of months of uncertainty traveling alone are headed to Colorado. Denver Human Services says it’s the biggest influx of parentless kids that the organization has seen in recent memory. “We aren’t sure of the details as to how they became unaccompanied,”…
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Caring Coloradans offer help to Afghan refugees after Gazette story
There’s been an outpouring of support from Colorado families inspired by a recent Gazette story about a Colorado Springs veteran who has offered to open his home to a stranded Afghan woman. One woman, Deb Hood, volunteered money to fly the woman to the U.S. Others are wondering if they can help other Afghans left…
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After narrow escape from Afghanistan, interpreter, family embark on journey to new home in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The interpreter slogged through human sewage up to his knees, two trips back and forth through steaming sludge, each time carrying two of his children on his shoulders. At the walled gate separating fear from freedom, he heaved them into the arms of his anxious…
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Colorado military veterans concerned as America’s longest war ends
America’s response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the resulting nearly 20-year military occupation of Afghanistan ended Aug. 30 when a final soldier boarded an aircraft, leaving Kabul and the country to the Taliban. In a 16-day period beginning Aug. 15, when the Taliban stormed into Kabul, taking control of the entire country, the U.S.…
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Mother, two daughters expected to return to Colorado Sunday after being stranded in Afghanistan
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After spending countless hours filling out paperwork and endless phone calls with the U.S. Department of State throughout the week, Denver resident and retired Army Col. Patrick Allen received some good news Saturday morning. Allen learned a Sheridan mother, Asma, and her two daughters —…
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Saplings of freedom planted in Afghanistan may be hard to completely uproot | Vince Bzdek
The United States, it appears this week, spent 20 years, a trillion dollars and the lives of over 2,300 of its soldiers, including 38 Coloradans, in a lost cause. With extraordinary swiftness, the Taliban have retaken Afghanistan in the last month now that the U.S. has pulled out most of our remaining troops. Our efforts…
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Dozens gather at State Capitol to stand in solidarity with Afghanistan
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Since Aug. 15, Samiwa Azizi’s sleep schedule has been far from normal. There have been many sleepless nights as he thinks about the Taliban taking control of her home country of Afghanistan. But also she is awake because her family there is only allowed to…
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Colorado veterans worry about safety of Afghanistan interpreters
Ayebee fears for his life. The former interpreter for American troops, now married with kids, desperately wants to get his family out of Afghanistan. “He is terrified of being beheaded right now,” said Eric Sebastian, a former infantryman who served in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz Province from 2011 to 2012 and developed a deep friendship with him.…