Anything but the Taliban: pop star recalls flight from Afghanistan
By AFP
19 September 2021 |
8:37 am
Afghan pop star Aryana Saeed, an indefatigable women's rights activist, made only one request of her fiance before heading to Kabul airport when the Taliban took over the city: "just shoot me in the head but don't let them take me away alive".
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