The Afghan Women’s Orchestra could not fly from Kabul because one of the Taliban was asleep

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The Zohreh musical group, also known as the Afghan Women’s Orchestra, was unable to leave Kabul despite US assistance.
According to Sputnik, this news was published by the Wall Street Journal.
According to the newspaper, many US politicians and military personnel, as well as former security and intelligence officials, had announced their readiness to help the Afghan women musicians evacuate from Afghanistan, and they were able to board the buses and make their way to the airport. .
However, the Taliban stopped them at the checkpoint and did not allow their car to enter the airport because it required the permission of their commander and the fighters did not dare to wake him.
As a result, women, as well as their families and teachers, remained in Afghanistan.
In early August, the Taliban launched a crackdown on US withdrawal from Afghanistan, seizing all major cities and ending a 20-year war in the capital, Kabul, on August 15. As a result, thousands of Afghans fled the country through Kabul airport with the help of US forces. August 31 – The last US troops leave Afghanistan.
Panjshir has long been the last stronghold of the Taliban, but in early September the Taliban claimed victory over insurgents in Panjshir.