AFGHANI AMERICANS IN COLORADO ARE CALLING FOR AID AND RAISING AWARENESS FOR THE CRISIS IN AFGHANISTAN. THE AMERICAN WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN IS LEAVING THOUSANDS OF AFGHAN PEOPLE STRANDED... AND FEARING RETRIBUTION IN A COUNTRY CONTROLLED BY THE TALIBAN.
WE'RE TALKING LIVE WITH ZAINAB HASHEM... WHO RECENTLY HELPED ORGANIZE A DEMONSTRATION ON THE STEPS OF THE STATE CAPITOL.
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-- As a child, Zainab's mother came to the U.S. as a refugee from Afghanistan. She now helps other refugees by working at theNorth Metro Islamic Center and as a translator.
-- Zainab helped lead an "emergency protest" at the state capitol last week.
-- ZAINAB'S PROTEST QUOTE: “The point isn’t to bash a certain side. The point is to get help for our people. Because when we start dividing up our people, fighting will happen. We are all here for the common purpose of peace.”