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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EXCLUSIVE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EXCLUSIVE</a> | "I blame Pakistan for this disaster because that's where the Taliban gets instructions from", says Afghan pop star <a href="https://twitter.com/AryanaSayeed?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AryanaSayeed</a> as she recounts her escape from Kabul.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveAfghanWomen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveAfghanWomen</a> <a href="https://t.co/XJLuLwObGg">pic.twitter.com/XJLuLwObGg</a></p>
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<p>Under current circumstances, living in <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/afghan-baby-girl-born-aboard-us-military-plane-named-reach-after-aircrafts-code-name-408427">Afghanistan </a>would have been dangerously difficult. So, Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed and her fiancée Hasib Sayed fled the country that's reeling under the atrocious ways of the Taliban regime.</p>

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In an exclusive interview with WION--now living safely in Amsterdam for the last seven days--<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/i-felt-i-would-die-pop-star-aryana-sayeed-who-fled-afghanistan-recounts-her-escape-from-taliban-408195">Aryana spoke about the most horrifying journey of her life</a>, her anger towards the world for turning their backs on Afghanistan, and claims that for Taliban, women are no different than animals.&nbsp;</p>

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Excerpts from the video conversation:&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-samantha-akkineni-thought-the-family-man-2-would-flop-calls-it-risky-408513">Also read: 'Samantha Akkineni thought 'The Family Man 2' would flop, calls it 'risky'</a></p>

<p><strong>WION: When you look at those very desperate scenes coming out of the airport at Kabul and you were one of those lucky few ones who managed to get out of Kabul in time. What exactly was going through your mind and how were you feeling, knowing that you were just one of those lucky ones who managed to escape, get out of the country?</strong></p>

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<strong>ARYANA SAYEED: </strong>Well, I am obviously very grateful. I am grateful that I made it out alive of Afghanistan along with my fiancée. But, to be honest with you, I am really very worried and concerned about my people back there who are still there and have nowhere to go and they are living a life of misery and fear right now. It's just heartbreaking and even though I have been out of Afghanistan for the past seven days now. But my mind and heart is still there and I do not feel normal at all.&nbsp;</p>

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<strong>WION: Can you narrate to us the ordeal that you had to go through to get out of Afghanistan?&nbsp;</strong></p>

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<strong>ARYANA SAYEED: </strong>Well, my fiancée&nbsp;and i were first booked initially on a commercial flight to take off from Afghanistan on 15th of August. But by the 15th of August, we went to the airport at around 2 or 3 in the afternoon and our flight was supposed to be at 8 pm. So we went to the airport and it was just packed with people. There were thousands of people and it was really difficult to--first of all--get in.&nbsp;</p>

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<em>It would have taken a few hours, and so we get in and waiting to be checked in and at around 5 or 6 pm, we heard gun shots. And we (got to know) that the Taliban was just outside the airport and they were going to come in any minute now. As a result of that, everybody got scared and people started running around--the airport staff and the security ran away and left the people just like that.&nbsp;</em></p>
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The planes were open to public and everybody was just rushing in inside the planes with small children with bags on their shoulders and things like that. So, unfortunately, by the time I got on the plane I see that there's no space at all to sit there and there is no space to stand. It was packed with a thousand people. Also, it needs to be mentioned that the pilots ran away, they were scared as well. They couldn't fly the planes with thousands of people hanging on (to) the plane. There were also individuals who were armed with guns on them. So the plane couldn't take off that day. We had to come off the plane and then come back to the terminal. Inside the terminal we (were) confused and thinking 'what should we do, what should we do?' Because outside there's Taliban.</p>

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&nbsp;<em>Also, we had heard the news they they were going to come inside, walk in. So we had to take a risk and get out of the airport somehow. With the help of a few cousins of my fiancée, who came in like angels, took us out of the airport. We had to walk through gunshots and bullets. They were trying to shoot in the air because they were trying to scare people off so that they do not rush inside the airport. So we got away at 10 or 11 in the night and then the next day, we attempted for the airport again which was very risky, especially for me because I am a well-known face in Afghanistan as you know and I have been a women's rights activists. I have been a target (of the Taliban) in the past.&nbsp;</em></p>
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So it was extra challenging for me to make that journey from my house to the airport. But (then) again, we had no choice but to take that risk. So we took two cars the next night and went to the airport, we passed a few Taliban checkpoints. But, luckily, they did not check us. One of them just looked through the window. We had some children with us because we wanted to blend in and look like a normal family. So, they didn't ask anything and let us go. So we get to the airport again--and this is the other side of the airport--where the American military base is and even this side is full of people and it would take you perhaps more than an hour or two to get to the gate where the base is. This is how packed the place was. The children were crying, babies were screaming.</p>

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<p><em>There was just no Oxygen, no air to breathe. It was an absolute disaster. It was really terrifying for me. I went through one of the most terrifying journeys&nbsp;of my life which I will never forget. It will stay with me for the rest of my life.&nbsp;</em></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-meet-kirsten-stewart-as-princess-diana-spencer-first-look-out-408511">Also read: 'Meet Kirsten Stewart as Princess Diana: 'Spencer' first look out'</a></p>

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<strong>WION: Also, Aryana, as an Afghan national who has been living through this crisis and has got her family living back in Afghanistan, who do you hold accountable for the mess that Afghanistan finds itself in now?</strong></p>

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<strong>ARYANA SAYEED: </strong>Well, seriously, I don't know who to blame first. But, the first country that I would blame personally is Pakistan because that's exactly where the Taliban's trained, that's where their bases are, that's where they get their funding&nbsp;from and their instructions from. And, obviously, Pakistan is being funded by other countries. So its really like a crazy situation, its like a dirty game, dirty political game that is being played inside of Afghanistan. Unfortunately, that's never-ending. The lives of so many people--innocent people--is being sacrificed as a result of a very dirty game that's being played. I blame the entire world now for leaving Afghanistan alone in the hands of Taliban. I cannot actually believe that they would reach a deal with a bunch of people who treat women like animals in Afghanistan, who don't even like women. They don't like humanity, they don't know what humanity means or what it should be. It's really heartbreaking and disappointing for all those innocent people who are being played and have nowhere to go. And they have to suffer, and suffer and suffer.&nbsp;</p>


#EXCLUSIVE | "I blame Pakistan for this disaster because that's where the Taliban gets instructions from", says Afghan pop star @AryanaSayeed as she recounts her escape from Kabul.

#EXCLUSIVE | "I blame Pakistan for this disaster because that's where the Taliban gets instructions from", says Afghan pop star @AryanaSayeed as she recounts her escape from Kabul.#SaveAfghanWomen pic.twitter.com/XJLuLwObGg — WION (@WIONews) August 26, 2021 × Under current circumstances, living in Afghanistan would have been dangerously difficult. So, Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed and her fiancée Hasib Sayed fled the country that's reeling under the atrocious ways of the Taliban regime. In an exclusive interview with WION--now living safely in Amsterdam for the last seven days--Aryana spoke about the most horrifying journey of her life, her anger towards the world for turning their backs on Afghanistan, and claims that for Taliban, women are no different than animals. Excerpts from the video conversation: Also read: 'Samantha Akkineni thought 'The Family Man 2' would flop, calls it 'risky' WION: When you look at those very desperate scenes coming out of the airport at Kabul and you were one of those lucky few ones who managed to get out of Kabul in time. What exactly was going through your mind and how were you feeling, knowing that you were just one of those lucky ones who managed to escape, get out of the country? ARYANA SAYEED: Well, I am obviously very grateful. I am grateful that I made it out alive of Afghanistan along with my fiancée. But, to be honest with you, I am really very worried and concerned about my people back there who are still there and have nowhere to go and they are living a life of misery and fear right now. It's just heartbreaking and even though I have been out of Afghanistan for the past seven days now. But my mind and heart is still there and I do not feel normal at all. WION: Can you narrate to us the ordeal that you had to go through to get out of Afghanistan? ARYANA SAYEED: Well, my fiancée and i were first booked initially on a commercial flight to take off from Afghanistan on 15th of August. But by the 15th of August, we went to the airport at around 2 or 3 in the afternoon and our flight was supposed to be at 8 pm. So we went to the airport and it was just packed with people. There were thousands of people and it was really difficult to--first of all--get in. It would have taken a few hours, and so we get in and waiting to be checked in and at around 5 or 6 pm, we heard gun shots. And we (got to know) that the Taliban was just outside the airport and they were going to come in any minute now. As a result of that, everybody got scared and people started running around--the airport staff and the security ran away and left the people just like that. The planes were open to public and everybody was just rushing in inside the planes with small children with bags on their shoulders and things like that. So, unfortunately, by the time I got on the plane I see that there's no space at all to sit there and there is no space to stand. It was packed with a thousand people. Also, it needs to be mentioned that the pilots ran away, they were scared as well. They couldn't fly the planes with thousands of people hanging on (to) the plane. There were also individuals who were armed with guns on them. So the plane couldn't take off that day. We had to come off the plane and then come back to the terminal. Inside the terminal we (were) confused and thinking 'what should we do, what should we do?' Because outside there's Taliban. Also, we had heard the news they they were going to come inside, walk in. So we had to take a risk and get out of the airport somehow. With the help of a few cousins of my fiancée, who came in like angels, took us out of the airport. We had to walk through gunshots and bullets. They were trying to shoot in the air because they were trying to scare people off so that they do not rush inside the airport. So we got away at 10 or 11 in the night and then the next day, we attempted for the airport again which was very risky, especially for me because I am a well-known face in Afghanistan as you know and I have been a women's rights activists. I have been a target (of the Taliban) in the past. So it was extra challenging for me to make that journey from my house to the airport. But (then) again, we had no choice but to take that risk. So we took two cars the next night and went to the airport, we passed a few Taliban checkpoints. But, luckily, they did not check us. One of them just looked through the window. We had some children with us because we wanted to blend in and look like a normal family. So, they didn't ask anything and let us go. So we get to the airport again--and this is the other side of the airport--where the American military base is and even this side is full of people and it would take you perhaps more than an hour or two to get to the gate where the base is. This is how packed the place was. The children were crying, babies were screaming. There was just no Oxygen, no air to breathe. It was an absolute disaster. It was really terrifying for me. I went through one of the most terrifying journeys of my life which I will never forget. It will stay with me for the rest of my life. Also read: 'Meet Kirsten Stewart as Princess Diana: 'Spencer' first look out' WION: Also, Aryana, as an Afghan national who has been living through this crisis and has got her family living back in Afghanistan, who do you hold accountable for the mess that Afghanistan finds itself in now? ARYANA SAYEED: Well, seriously, I don't know who to blame first. But, the first country that I would blame personally is Pakistan because that's exactly where the Taliban's trained, that's where their bases are, that's where they get their funding from and their instructions from. And, obviously, Pakistan is being funded by other countries. So its really like a crazy situation, its like a dirty game, dirty political game that is being played inside of Afghanistan. Unfortunately, that's never-ending. The lives of so many people--innocent people--is being sacrificed as a result of a very dirty game that's being played. I blame the entire world now for leaving Afghanistan alone in the hands of Taliban. I cannot actually believe that they would reach a deal with a bunch of people who treat women like animals in Afghanistan, who don't even like women. They don't like humanity, they don't know what humanity means or what it should be. It's really heartbreaking and disappointing for all those innocent people who are being played and have nowhere to go. And they have to suffer, and suffer and suffer.

Watch | WION exclusive: Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed: I'm grateful to be alive, I was Taliban's target

"I am very grateful that I made it out from Afghanistan but am really worried and concerned for my people back their", says Afghanistan's biggest female pop star Aryana Sayeed as she recounts her escape from Kabul.

'It's heartbreaking to see the misery of Afghans', says Aryana Sayeed, Afghanistan Pop Star

<p>Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed who fled from her home country amid the rise of power of Taliban, opened up about her harrowing escape and the current scenario of Afghanistan.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/afghan-pop-star-aryana-flees-from-country-amid-fear-of-life-under-taliban-rule-406914">Aryana Sayeed</a> and her fiance, Hasib, got out of Afghanistan as soon as the Taliban took over control of the landlocked nation. She recently spoke about her experience. She said, "I was feeling that I'm going to die here, literally. I was hopeless. This is like a miracle that we're getting out."</p>

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<p>Giving a detailed description of the chaos at Kabul airport from where she flew out, Aryana said that the scene was horrific with women fainting and babies crying. The crowds that had gathered there were desperate with people shoving one another to get on a plane out of the country. ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-afghan-pop-star-aryana-sayeed-india-our-only-friend-pakistan-instructed-taliban-408024">Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed: India our only friend, Pakistan instructed Taliban</a></p>

<p>​​"They are hopeless, absolutely hopeless," she said. "They are left with no food and no shelter and they are living in fear right now. And my heart just bleeds for them."</p>

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<p>The Afghan pop star&nbsp;remembered how a woman even attempted to give her baby to the pop star to take along with her to Turkey. She said, "I cannot separate a baby from the mother, and the mother actually wanted me to take the baby but then I couldn't. The soldiers asked me if this was my baby and I said, 'Look it's not mine but could you please let her in because the baby is gonna die,' and they said, 'I'm sorry madam. We cannot do that...'"</p>

<p>Aryana Sayeed and fiance are now in Los Angeles and she said she's worried about the millions who were left behind.&nbsp;The pop star has pleaded with the<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/prince-harry-meghan-markle-donate-to-afghan-organisation-amid-country-crisis-407818">&nbsp;international community</a>&nbsp;to conduct talks and find a solution to bring peace to Afghanistan.&nbsp;</p>


Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed who fled from her home country amid the rise of power of Taliban, opened up about her harrowing escape and the current scenario of Afghanistan.

Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed who fled from her home country amid the rise of power of Taliban, opened up about her harrowing escape and the current scenario of Afghanistan. Aryana Sayeed and her fiance, Hasib, got out of Afghanistan as soon as the Taliban took over control of the landlocked nation. She recently spoke about her experience. She said, "I was feeling that I'm going to die here, literally. I was hopeless. This is like a miracle that we're getting out." View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝝠𝗥𝗬𝝠𝗡𝝠 𝗦𝝠𝗬𝗘𝗘𝗗 👑 آریانا سعید (@aryanasayeedofficial) × Giving a detailed description of the chaos at Kabul airport from where she flew out, Aryana said that the scene was horrific with women fainting and babies crying. The crowds that had gathered there were desperate with people shoving one another to get on a plane out of the country. ALSO READ: Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed: India our only friend, Pakistan instructed Taliban "They are hopeless, absolutely hopeless," she said. "They are left with no food and no shelter and they are living in fear right now. And my heart just bleeds for them." View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝝠𝗥𝗬𝝠𝗡𝝠 𝗦𝝠𝗬𝗘𝗘𝗗 👑 آریانا سعید (@aryanasayeedofficial) × The Afghan pop star remembered how a woman even attempted to give her baby to the pop star to take along with her to Turkey. She said, "I cannot separate a baby from the mother, and the mother actually wanted me to take the baby but then I couldn't. The soldiers asked me if this was my baby and I said, 'Look it's not mine but could you please let her in because the baby is gonna die,' and they said, 'I'm sorry madam. We cannot do that...'" Aryana Sayeed and fiance are now in Los Angeles and she said she's worried about the millions who were left behind. The pop star has pleaded with the international community to conduct talks and find a solution to bring peace to Afghanistan.

I felt I would die: Pop star Aryana Sayeed who fled Afghanistan recounts her escape from Taliban

<p>Afghanistan's famous pop star, Aryana Sayeed, who fled the country after Taliban took over Kabul, has blamed Pakistan for empowering the group and has called India 'a true friend' for helping Afghans in these trying times.&nbsp;</p>

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"I do blame Pakistan. Over the years, we have seen videos, seen evidence that Pakistan is behind empowering the Taliban. Every time our government touches the Taliban they see identification and it would see a Pakistani person, so it's very obvious that I blame them and hope that they back off and don't interfere in politics in Afghanistan anymore," said Sayeed in an exclusive interview with Indian news agency, ANI, from an undisclosed location.</p>

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<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/afghan-pop-star-aryana-flees-from-country-amid-fear-of-life-under-taliban-rule-406914">Aryana Sayeed</a> also said in her interview that the Taliban are being instructed by and trained in Pakistan.</p>

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"They are being instructed by Pakistan, their bases are in Pakistan where they get their training. I hope the international community, first of all, cut off their funds and don't offer funds to Pakistan for funding the Taliban," added Sayeed.</p>

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"I hope they can put pressure on Pakistan. I believe that we're dealing with all these issues in Afghanistan because of Pakistan," she further added.</p>

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The pop star pleaded with the<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/prince-harry-meghan-markle-donate-to-afghan-organisation-amid-country-crisis-407818"> international community</a> to conduct talks and find a solution to bring peace to Afghanistan.&nbsp;</p>

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Meanwhile, Sayeed was all praise for the Indian government's efforts in Afghanistan and termed India as 'only friend'.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-billie-eilish-turns-a-new-leaf-with-hair-transformation-check-pic-408009">Also read:&nbsp;Billie Eilish turns a new leaf with hair transformation; check pic</a></p>

<p>"India has always been good to us. They have been a true friend, they've been very helpful and kind to our people, even refugees. Afghans who have been in India before have always spoken highly of the nation, its people. We are grateful to India," said Aryana Sayeed.</p>

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"On behalf of Afghanistan, I want to express my utmost gratitude to India and I want to say thank you. Over the years we've realised that the only good friend in the neighborhood we have is, India," concluded the pop star.</p>


Afghanistan's famous pop star, Aryana Sayeed, who fled the country after Taliban took over Kabul, has blamed Pakistan for empowering the group and has called India 'a true friend' for helping Afghans in these trying times.

Afghanistan's famous pop star, Aryana Sayeed, who fled the country after Taliban took over Kabul, has blamed Pakistan for empowering the group and has called India 'a true friend' for helping Afghans in these trying times. "I do blame Pakistan. Over the years, we have seen videos, seen evidence that Pakistan is behind empowering the Taliban. Every time our government touches the Taliban they see identification and it would see a Pakistani person, so it's very obvious that I blame them and hope that they back off and don't interfere in politics in Afghanistan anymore," said Sayeed in an exclusive interview with Indian news agency, ANI, from an undisclosed location. Aryana Sayeed also said in her interview that the Taliban are being instructed by and trained in Pakistan. "They are being instructed by Pakistan, their bases are in Pakistan where they get their training. I hope the international community, first of all, cut off their funds and don't offer funds to Pakistan for funding the Taliban," added Sayeed. Also read: Sofia Vergara opens up about being diagnosed with thyroid cancer at 28 "I hope they can put pressure on Pakistan. I believe that we're dealing with all these issues in Afghanistan because of Pakistan," she further added. The pop star pleaded with the international community to conduct talks and find a solution to bring peace to Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Sayeed was all praise for the Indian government's efforts in Afghanistan and termed India as 'only friend'. Also read: Billie Eilish turns a new leaf with hair transformation; check pic "India has always been good to us. They have been a true friend, they've been very helpful and kind to our people, even refugees. Afghans who have been in India before have always spoken highly of the nation, its people. We are grateful to India," said Aryana Sayeed. "On behalf of Afghanistan, I want to express my utmost gratitude to India and I want to say thank you. Over the years we've realised that the only good friend in the neighborhood we have is, India," concluded the pop star.

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