MADRID (Reuters) - Daryuosh Mohammadi, an Afghan national living in Madrid who once worked as a translator for Spanish troops, broke into tears when he heard the Taliban had seized his hometown of Kabul. "What I'm most worried about is my sister," he said from his apartment in the Madrid suburb of Vallecas. It breaks my heart when I hear or see news saying the Taliban are searching homes for young girls," said Mohammadi, who studied Spanish at university in Afghanistan. He spent time working as a translator, a shop assistant and eventually as a waiter in Madrid but is currently unemployed. Two military planes were due to depart later on Monday to evacuate any Spanish embassy staff still in Kabul.

Source: The Star August 16, 2021 17:48 UTC