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The Anti-Trafficking Movement and Afghanistan

CYBER

VICE

Tech News, News & Politics, Technology, News

4645 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

When America withdrew from Afghanistan it left people behind. Interpreters, aid workers, allies, and even some U.S. citizens remained in the country as the Taliban took over. Since the official U.S. military exit, dozens of groups have sprung up to try to help people safely flee the country. 


Not all of them are competent, but most of them are asking for money.


Vice Motherboard features editor Tim Marchman and senior Staff Writer Anna Merlan looked into this for a piece titled The Anti-Trafficking Movement Is Pivoting to Afghanistan. Marchman is here today to talk with us about the weird world of online led anti-trafficking groups and how they’ve latched onto Afghanistan as their newest cause.


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0:00.0

Tadden, it's got the code it's going to launch.

0:10.2

It's a unit system.

0:12.5

I know this.

0:14.5

It's all the files of the whole park.

0:16.7

It tells her everything.

0:18.5

Sir, he's uploading the virus.

0:23.6

Eagle one. The package is being delivered. When America withdrew from Afghanistan, it left people behind.

0:27.6

Interpreters, aid workers, allies, and even some U.S. citizens remained in the country as the Taliban took over.

0:33.6

Since the official U.S. military exit, dozens of groups have sprung up to try to help people safely flee the country.

0:41.3

Not all of them are competent, but most are asking for money.

0:45.3

Now remember, our goal for $20 million was three to five thousand people, and we thought that would be incredible.

0:53.3

Vice Motherboard features editor Tim Marchman and senior staff writer Anna Merlin, 5,000 people, and we thought that would be incredible.

0:57.9

Vice Motherboard features editor Tim Marchman and senior staff writer Anna Merlin looked into this for a piece titled, The Anti-Trafficking Movement is Pivoting to Afghanistan.

1:03.7

Marchman is here with us today to talk about the weird world of online-led anti-trafficking groups

1:08.5

and how they've latched onto Afghanistan as their

1:10.9

newest cause.

1:12.4

I'm Matthew Gall.

1:14.2

And this is Cyber.

1:24.4

Tim, thank you so much for coming on to Cyber.

1:27.2

Thanks for having me.

1:28.3

Okay, so let's get some basic stuff out of the way.

1:31.3

What's the situation right now for people trying to get out of Afghanistan?

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