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American Recently Evacuated From Afghanistan: ‘I Feel Like No One’s Doing Anything’

The 24-year-old had traveled with her mother to visit family.

Mairead Elordi
American Recently Evacuated From Afghanistan: ‘I Feel Like No One’s Doing Anything’
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An American who recently escaped Afghanistan appeared on CNN on Tuesday evening to describe her harrowing experience being evacuated from Kabul after the city fell to the Taliban.

Salma Kazemi, a 24-year-old University of Colorado graduate, traveled with her mother to visit family earlier this month, planning to come back in September. However, their plans were thrown into chaos by the lightening Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

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