23 min

“The Bleakest Moment:” Local Afghans Share Their Devastation Fifth & Mission

    • Politics

As the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan continues to develop, for some California residents the latest news is more than a headline. Host Cecilia Lei talks to local Afghans and Afghan Americans about their hopes and fears for their home country, including Khaled Hosseini, author of “The Kite Runner,” Afghan-American professor Halima Kazem, and two 16-year-old twin sisters who made it back to the U.S. just in time before the fall of Kabul. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan continues to develop, for some California residents the latest news is more than a headline. Host Cecilia Lei talks to local Afghans and Afghan Americans about their hopes and fears for their home country, including Khaled Hosseini, author of “The Kite Runner,” Afghan-American professor Halima Kazem, and two 16-year-old twin sisters who made it back to the U.S. just in time before the fall of Kabul. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

23 min

More by San Francisco Chronicle

The Doodler
San Francisco Chronicle / Ugly Duckling Films / Sony Music Entertainment
Fifth & Mission
San Francisco Chronicle
Total SF
San Francisco Chronicle
Extra Spicy
San Francisco Chronicle
Wild West
San Francisco Chronicle
Giants Splash
San Francisco Chronicle