LAS VEGAS (KTNV) – In the Las Vegas Valley, people with family members in Afghanistan have been following the news very closely because they are nervous about what might happen to their relatives.
Families are devastated after seeing their home in such a desperate state.
Sayed Najibi, a Las Vegas resident who is originally from Afghanistan, said he was hiding his true feelings in order to be strong in front of his wife, children and granddaughter.
But internally, Najibi said, thinking of his family in Afghanistan suffering from the Taliban takeover, he was torn and unsure of what would happen to them next.
“They are without food, shelter, they have nothing. Some of them will even lose their homes and the stuff they used to fight, ”said Najibi.
His sisters and other relatives there tell him that the Taliban are spreading the message that everything will be fine.
Najibi said his nieces and nephews have not been able to return to school and his family is concerned about their education and development under the return of Taliban rule.
“The system is not there, there are no jobs, there are no factories for all the goods that the people of Afghanistan have and the people live like that, which is very sad,” said Najibi.
With the Taliban’s capture of the capital, thousands overcrowded the terminals trying to jump into planes. He said his people had gotten to the point where they were so nervous and desperate that they would endanger their lives just to escape.
“It shows that these people are fed up, they want the people of the world to watch this, they want the United States government to look at this, the United States Senate to look at this, the citizens of this country, these people have a good heart. “
A member of the Las Vegas Afghan community’s Facebook page said there would be a protest outside the Clark County courthouse on August 17 at 5 p.m. to raise awareness of the situation.
