‘The Decision of My Life’

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This episode contains descriptions of violence and a suicide attempt. When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August, our producer started making calls. With the help of colleagues, she contacted women in different cities and towns to find out how their lives had changed and what they were experiencing. Then she heard from N, whose identity has been concealed for her safety. This is the story of how one 18-year-old woman’s life has been transformed under Taliban rule. Guest: Lynsea Garrison, a senior international producer for The Daily, spoke with N, a young woman whose life changed drastically after the fall of Kabul.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro.
0:08.4	This is a daily.
0:11.0	After the fall of Afghanistan, my colleague Lindsey Garrison started making phone calls.
0:21.4	The calls were all to women in Afghanistan.
0:24.4	Me and my colleagues talk to dozens of them.
0:27.4	In different cities and towns across the country, we wanted to know how their lives had changed,
0:34.8	what they were experiencing, now that the Taliban had taken over the country.
0:40.0	And as while we were making these calls, that I got a text from an unknown number, someone
0:48.3	who wanted to talk with me.
0:51.4	She got my number from an aid worker I had spoken with.
0:55.0	I had no idea for a situation, but we set up a time to talk.
1:02.0	Hello.
1:06.0	Hello.
1:07.0	Hi.
1:08.0	How are you?
1:09.0	I'm fine.
1:10.0	Are you fine?
1:11.0	I am good.
1:12.0	Thank you so much for asking.
1:13.0	Thank you so much for your time.
1:15.0	So I'm going to call you in.
1:24.0	That's okay.
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