On August 15, 2021, in the wake of NATO troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban army captured the capital city of Kabul. President Ashraf Ghani, several members of his cabinet and a number of foreign diplomats were evacuated from Afghanistan as the Taliban took power. Among those fleeing their homeland was Presidential Press Secretary Najib Azad, who now lives and teaches in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Najib Azad will read from his new book “Beyond Evacuation: from the Himalayas to the Statue of Liberty,” on Tuesday, August 15th at Madison’s Catholic Multicultural Center. Najib Azad joins us now by phone.
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