PRAYER for US woman under Taliban’s watch won’t leave Kabul
Aug 28, 2021 5:02:19 GMT -5
Post by Midnight on Aug 28, 2021 5:02:19 GMT -5
US woman under Taliban’s watch won’t leave Kabul without her staff and hundreds of rescue animals
BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN• STARS AND STRIPES • AUGUST 25, 2021
Charlotte Maxwell-Jones, founder of Kabul Small Animal Rescue, plays with rescued dogs in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2019. Maxwell-Jones is trying to get the organization’s staff and up to 250 animals evacuated from the country before the end of August. (Kabul Small Animal Rescue)
The head of an animal rescue clinic in Kabul that has helped American troops bring home cats and dogs from Afghanistan after their deployments is racing to evacuate staff and hundreds of animals by the end of the month.
Charlotte Maxwell-Jones, an American who founded Kabul Small Animal Rescue in 2018, was recently told by the Taliban to leave Afghanistan. But she doesn’t intend to go until she’s secured the departure of about 125 people, including her employees and their family members, and as many as 250 animals, she said.
“We’re not going to leave them,” Maxwell-Jones said in a phone interview Tuesday.
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BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN• STARS AND STRIPES • AUGUST 25, 2021
Charlotte Maxwell-Jones, founder of Kabul Small Animal Rescue, plays with rescued dogs in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2019. Maxwell-Jones is trying to get the organization’s staff and up to 250 animals evacuated from the country before the end of August. (Kabul Small Animal Rescue)
The head of an animal rescue clinic in Kabul that has helped American troops bring home cats and dogs from Afghanistan after their deployments is racing to evacuate staff and hundreds of animals by the end of the month.
Charlotte Maxwell-Jones, an American who founded Kabul Small Animal Rescue in 2018, was recently told by the Taliban to leave Afghanistan. But she doesn’t intend to go until she’s secured the departure of about 125 people, including her employees and their family members, and as many as 250 animals, she said.
“We’re not going to leave them,” Maxwell-Jones said in a phone interview Tuesday.
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