The Kabul diaries Part 1 - a podcast by ABC Radio

Ghezal is a journalist in Afghanistan and when her city Mazar i Sharif falls to The Taliban they come looking for her. She escapes to Kabul, joining the desperate crowds at the airport but unable to board a plane she returns to the city, her young family in tow, with nowhere to stay.

She tells her story of fear and defiance through intimate voice messages recorded on her phone.

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