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Afghan Director Warns of Massacres, Child Brides, Banned Art as U.S. Allies Rip Biden over Taliban Take Over
David Ng 16 Aug 2021
A prominent Afghan filmmaker has blasted world leaders for what she sees as their “betrayal” of Afghanistan, warning that the Taliban will ban the arts and erase the gains made by women.
Sahraa Karimi, a female Afghan filmmaker and general director of the country’s national film company, Afghan Film, pleaded with the international film community in a series of tweets over the weekend as the country fell to Taliban forces.
“I write to you with a broken heart and a deep hope that you can join me in protecting my beautiful people, especially filmmakers, from the Taliban,” she wrote.
“They have massacred our people, they kidnapped many children, they sold girls as child brides to their men… It’s a humanitarian crisis, and yet the world is silent… They will ban all art. I and other filmmakers could be next on their hit list.”
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https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/08/16/afghan-director-warns-of-massacres-child-brides-banned-art-as-u-s-allies-rip-biden-over-taliban-take-over/