World Staying could mean death. The escape nearly killed her. How one woman fled Afghanistan for freedom. September 30, 2021October 6, 2021Fatema Hosseini and Kim Hjelmgaard with Kelley Benham FrenchComments Off on Staying could mean death. The escape nearly killed her. How one woman fled Afghanistan for freedom. It seems impossible that civilization can regress decades, that your life can collapse before lunch. But it can, and it did as the Taliban took Kabul.