'Just shoot me': Afghan star recalls surreal Kabul escape

Name: 'Just shoot me': Afghan star recalls surreal Kabul escape
Uploaded: 2021-09-11T18:46:06+00:00
Duration: 1 min 45 s
Description: Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed recalls asking her fiance one thing as they snuck into Kabul's chaotic airport after the Taliban moved in: "Don't let them take me away alive". Aryana, who brags of 1.4 million Instagram followers and is often likened to US megastar Kim Kardashian, had drawn the religious conservatives' ire for her women's rights activism and figure-hugging clothes.

Issued on: 11/09/2021 - 20:46

Video by: Yinka OYETADE

Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed recalls asking her fiance one thing as they snuck into Kabul's chaotic airport after the Taliban moved in: "Don't let them take me away alive". Aryana, who brags of 1.4 million Instagram followers and is often likened to US megastar Kim Kardashian, had drawn the religious conservatives' ire for her women's rights activism and figure-hugging clothes.