Famous Afghan artist Troy: I asked my fiance to kill me!

“Kill me with a bullet in the head .. I fear them more than death.” With these words, Ariana Saeed, the well-known Afghan artist, recalled the difficult hours she experienced on the night of the fall of the capital Kabul. , in the hands of the Taliban.

After settling in Istanbul, Saeed revealed that “dark” night and details of her experience from the news of the movement’s incursion into Kabul until her arrival at the airport.

Saeed explained that she was initially optimistic about the future of her country and decided to invest in it, as she created her own fashion brand in the capital at a time when foreign forces were leaving the country, and has took this step knowing that she was taking a great risk.

But the joy is not total: on August 15, the flight forward, full of mines, begins, as the Taliban reach Kabul, and American forces begin to prepare for their withdrawal.

A long-standing threat

And the Afghan pop star has said that in recent times she has been under heavy surveillance in Kabul due to her activities, which disliked some of the views that have long threatened her.

Saeed, who chairs the jury for the talent show “The Afghan Star” on the Tolo News channel, also targeted by the Taliban, can no longer circulate freely in Kabul.

day of escape

On the day of the escape, the 36-year-old turned to relatives before making a second attempt the next day, as armed Taliban stood at every checkpoint armed with Kalashnikovs near the airport. , and it became difficult for the remaining foreigners to contain the flocking crowds.

Ariana Saeed then got into a car after wearing a black mask and putting on fake glasses and took one of her business owner’s cousins ​​with her to make them appear like a normal family, while her fiance and company manager Haseeb Sayed got into another car, and the two began to communicate via a walkie-talkie.

Ariana Saïd from the airport

Then she said to her fiance, “If they’re about to catch me, please shoot me in the head.” And don’t let them catch me alive, because that’s what I fear more than death.

When they got to the edge of the airport, Haseeb pushed his way through a large crowd. While the soldiers initially refused to let them pass, favoring American nationals, one of the translators recognized Haseeb and told them that he was the partner of the most famous Afghan singer and his life was really in danger.

Thanks to the translator

Thanks to this translator, the two partners were transferred to Qatar, then to Kuwait and the United States, before settling in Istanbul.

Taliban elements

In addition, the artist called on foreign governments to realize that today’s Taliban movement is the same one that was ousted from power by the West following the September 11, 2001 attacks there. has two decades, declaring, “I hope the world realizes that there is no new version of the movement.”

It is noteworthy that Ariana Saeed, Afghanistan’s most famous singer with 1.4 million Instagram followers and similar in appearance to reality TV star Kim Kardashian, has long provoked the ire of religious and conservatives from her country with songs defending women’s rights and denouncing the violence subjected to them.