September 11th 2001, Emal Ahmadi | did not see the two planes hitting the Twin Towers in New York. At the time, Afghanistan was under Taliban control, and televisions were not allowed. But his life, and that of many his Afghan compatriots, was shaped by that day, as well as by the war on terrorism launched by the United States.
10 members of Emal’s family were killed in the latest US strike on Afghanistan. US forces said the operation targeted a suicide bomber suspected of planning an attack on Kabul airport. But Emal thinks the opposite: “You know the United States made the big mistake of targeting civilians here. As you said, it is not fair. It was a mistake”.
America’s longest war
September 11 sparked America’s longest and deadliest war. The conflict claimed the lives of more than 2,500 American soldiers. The number of Afghan lives lost is estimated at over 150,000. This helped to spread hatred against the United States, which the country was trying to defeat.
Emal Ahmadi |, sends them a message: “My message to the United States and other countries is that they are trying not to get it wrong in Afghanistan, by targeting civilians. Because Afghans love their families very much. And when they lose a father, a brother or a son, it is very difficult for them“.
He indicates that he does not feel the need for revenge. As a former interpreter of the American army, he had applied for a visa, to leave Afghanistan. Plans, destroyed by the recent arrival of the Taliban to power.
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