For girls and young women accustomed to mountain climbing and physical fitness training six times a week, being confined in a crowded wedding hall near an airport in northern Afghanistan is a different kind of challenge—one with their fates at stake.
"need to move" but that there are"limits" to what the U.S. can accomplish without personnel on the ground and without an airport under their control. He said it was his understanding the Taliban have objected to flights that combine passengers who have valid travel documents and those who do not.
While Ascend has successfully seen the evacuations of 56 staffers and Afghans, LeGree said it will be hard to sleep until all 88 who asked to be evacuated are out.A group of Afghan women and girls affiliated with Ascend, a non-profit organization working in Afghanistan to empower young women, participate in athletic-based leadership training.situation in Afghanistan
calms down. There are still some 150 women and alumni affiliated with the program who are staying behind and have expressed hope in continuing their mission. Ascend moved into a new facility this year, and LeGree paid the landlord rent on Wednesday as he holds the building for them, though she isn't sure if she, herself, will be able to return to the country she also loves.
"Don't assume that we're closing up the shop. It's quite the opposite," LeGree said."We need to keep the light shining on Afghan girls and women. Taliban have bullied their way into power now, but they have to govern. Let's be in there with them.
Inspired by an annual 50K race Ascend puts on in the U.K., Cook and Jefko made plans for a sister 50K, before moving the race up by two weeks as the chartered planes carrying Ascend members remained grounded. The women taped up photos of the girls along their route, she said, to keep their intent at top of mind.
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