An Afghan artist reveals what she asked her fiancé to do if the Taliban arrested her

A famous Afghan pop star told the story of her escape from Kabul after the Taliban took over.

Ariana Saeed, 26, said that she first tried to flee to Istanbul on August 15, the day the Taliban captured the Afghan capital, but what happened was that the flight she was planning to take did not take off, according to Her statement to Agence France-Presse.
Saeed said that her other attempt to escape from Kabul was the next day, and she came dressed in all black, and made a plan at the airport that she agreed with a child to tell the American soldiers that she was her mother, and her name was “Frishta” and not “Ariana.”

Ariana Saeed added: “The American soldiers initially refused to let me pass because I am not an American citizen, but an interpreter recognized my fiancé Haseeb, and told them that he was the fiancé of a big star whose life was in danger.”

Ariana Saeed also revealed to AFP that she asked her fiancé and business manager, Haseeb, that if the Taliban arrested her, he would kill her immediately by shooting her in the head, so that they would not accompany her while she was alive.

She explained that

“If the Taliban are around, there is definitely no place for me because the Taliban are thirsty for my blood.”

Since her escape from Kabul, Ariana has made trips to the Qatari capital, Doha, Kuwait and the United States of America, and she is currently with her fiancé in Istanbul.

Ariana Saeed has always expressed her rejection of Pakistan’s interference in Afghan affairs, and criticized the recently announced Taliban government for not including it at all, and said that “women in Afghanistan are not the same women they were 20 years ago, they certainly will not accept that.”

The Taliban movement extended its control over most of Afghanistan with the start of the withdrawal of foreign forces from the country; Its militants took control of all border crossings, and on August 15, they seized the capital, Kabul, and their fighters entered the presidential palace after President Ashraf Ghani left the country for the UAE.