1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Job mission with join Z and Amanda Well. 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 2: Our next guest is an incredible young woman, one of 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 2: the few to safely escape the recent terrors of Kabul 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 2: in Afghanistan. Suala is a twenty six year old Afghani 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 2: interpreter who's been working with the Australian and US forces 6 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,760 Speaker 2: in Kabul since twenty eighteen. She recently landed in Adelaide 7 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 2: with her family, who are now all in quarantine. A 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 2: couple of horrific weeks as you can imagine, leading up 9 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 2: to all this, and Seula is happy to tell her story. 10 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 2: We're honored to have her. Suuela, Hello, Hello everyone, how 11 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 2: are you? 12 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: I hope everything is going on as well? I guess 13 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: resentally landed and Adelaide with my family. 14 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 2: What a terrifying time you have been through. We see 15 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 2: the images on our televisions of the airport and it 16 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 2: looks terrifying. Was it terrifying for you? 17 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: Of course it was. It is more mad terrifying than 18 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: you live there. Uh the hour and couples when Taliban 19 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: attacked and took over Cow we didn't expect as well 20 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: happened that soon, but unfortunately we got our visas just 21 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: this after Toleiban took over the couple and we couldn't 22 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: make it to come to Australia before game. And once 23 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: they took over, everything changed. And in a minute, I 24 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 1: along with with my family, we we went through that crowd. 25 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: Uh they were they were shooting, they were using the 26 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 1: gases only to spread the people. There were too many 27 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: Taliban checkpoints and and I hate everything that I have. 28 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: I had some documents, my badges, my peppers, everything was 29 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: with me, but and my clothings. So no one could 30 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: see that we were hearing that. They started to check 31 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: to search house by house only to report they had 32 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: reports that who was working with who? And the government 33 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: military and the ones who worked with the coalition for 34 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: this like me, and I have heard that they have 35 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: killed many me two or three of my colleagues, but 36 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: unfortunately they hit my brother and my father and and 37 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: just I didn't want and you want to shoot on them, 38 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: so I said, slipped with four minutes and then we 39 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: will we will will keep. 40 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 3: Doing So you got to did your brother and your 41 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 3: father come with you? It was just you by yourself. 42 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 1: Yes, they can very. 43 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:55,119 Speaker 3: And so well you as a young Afghany, you would 44 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 3: have known what you would have known the Taliban's first 45 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 3: regime when you were about six, so you've had pretty 46 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 3: much twenty years of relative harmony in Afghanistan. Do you 47 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 3: remember much when you were little when the Taliban were 48 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 3: around the first time. 49 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: I don't remember the Holy story, but I just remember 50 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: the women were covered, and they were whenever they saw 51 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: a woman without proper as, they wanted a cover. They 52 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: hit them on the streets and they tortured the men 53 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: and the young, and women and men. The worst part 54 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: of that time was that we couldn't go to schools 55 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: and get education. There were other families that they got 56 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: their parents educated. The children were trying to get education 57 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: or at least they could write and read. But I 58 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: feel one thing from that time that it was the 59 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: very attic part of our history and it must be 60 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: start again. 61 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 2: Well that's the thing. It must be horrific for you 62 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 2: to see that your country is going through this again, 63 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 2: and the airport now so many blockages at the airport. 64 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 2: People just aren't getting out. So glad you're here, but 65 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 2: it must be very hard for the people you've left behind. 66 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: Of cour it is, of course, I know some I 67 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: know some people that they are in a very bad situation. U. 68 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: The other day that I went to the Advocate, I 69 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: saw a girl. Her husband was an interpreter and he's 70 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: in Australia. She was a five year months pregnant and 71 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 1: also for two year old daughter. They were together, and 72 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: that lady is still in Afghanistan, and she texted me 73 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: last night that you know, they started to search the 74 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: hotel rooms and I have plenty of documents from my 75 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 1: husband and to my visa. As they see and research us, 76 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 1: they will find out that I'm traveling to Australia and 77 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 1: I just don't care about my life, but I do 78 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: care about my children, and I'm so sorry for that. 79 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 3: Of course. Well, sir, while you're in a safe space now, 80 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 3: it's glad that you Glad that you got out. I 81 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 3: hope that your country can find its why and get 82 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 3: back to a semblance of normal, but it doesn't seem 83 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 3: like that's going to be happening anytime soon. Thank you 84 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 3: for joining us. 85 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 2: Yes, and good luck to you, and thank you for 86 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 2: speaking to us today. 87 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: No problem at all, Thank you so much. Jonesy and 88 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: Amanda's