Expressing
concerns
over
Taliban's
control
on
Afghanistan,
members
of
the
Hindi
film
industry
-
Kabir
Khan,
Sonu
Sood,
Swara
Bhasker
and
Shekhar
Kapur
said
their
thoughts
and
prayers
are
with
the
people
of
Afghanistan.
The
Taliban
swept
into
Kabul
on
Sunday
after
President
Ashraf
Ghani
fled
the
country,
bringing
a
stunning
end
to
a
two-decade
campaign
in
which
the
US
and
its
allies
had
tried
to
transform
Afghanistan.
Kapur
said
he
feels
sad
for
Afghanistan
which
was
"wrecked
and
destroyed
by
colonial
ambitions
of
foreign
powers."
"Special
prayer
for
the
people
of
Afghanistan,"
the
filmmaker
wrote
on
Twitter.
Khan,
who
had
made
several
documentaries
in
post-Taliban
Afghanistan
and
also
set
his
feature
directorial
debut,
"Kabul
Express",
in
the
country,
took
to
Instagram
and
posted
latest
pictures
from
the
region.
"Afghanistan," the
director
wrote
alongside
a
heartbreak
emoticon.
Sood
took
to
Twitter
and
wrote,
"Afghanistan
stay
strong.
Whole
world
is
praying
for
you."
Bhasker
shared
an
artwork
by
Afghan
Graffiti
artist
Shamsia
Hassani,
which
depicted
a
hijab-clad
girl,
looking
frightened,
clutching
onto
a
casio
as
a
group
of
armed
men
watch
over
her.
"The
Afghan
people
have
been
thrown
to
the
wolves.
Women
especially.
#Taliban
are
monstrous
in
their
brutal
exercise
of
force
and
power.
They
are
murderers
and
misogynists;
their
ideology
is
one
of
hate
and
violence
and
that
won’t
change," Bhasker
wrote.
Actor
Sayani
Gupta
shared
the
same
artwork
on
her
Instagram
and
wrote
she
was
terrified
to
see
what
Afghanistan
was
going
through.
"Chills
in
spine
going
down
constantly,
thinking
about
Afghan
women
and
children.
Can't
imagine
the
brutality
that's
going
to
follow
now.
What
the
hell
are
we
doing
as
humanity?
"Within
a
month
of
men
going
to
space
privately,
a
country
full
of
women
and
children
just
left
to
be
brutalized
and
raped.
We
have
failed
ourselves!
Disgusted.
Just
Disgusted,"
the
actor
wrote.
Tandav
actor
Mohd
Zeeshan
Ayyub
also
mourned
the
Afghanistan
crisis.
"Duas
for
the
people
of
Afghanistan…may
Allah
be
with
you
and
give
you
strength
to
fight
these
fascists.
Aameen," he
wrote.
Filmmakers
Anurag
Kashyap,
Hansal
Mehta
and
lyricist-writer
Varun
Grover
also
shared
Afghan
independent
filmmaker
Sahraa
Karimi's
August
13
open
letter
requesting
the
film
communities
of
the
world
to
be
the
voice
of
the
people
of
Afghanistan
in
this
hour
of
crisis.
The
filmmaker,
who
was
also
the
general
director
of
Afghan
Film,
the
state-owned
film
company,
wrote
that
the
entire
country,
including
artistes
and
women,
were
in
grave
danger
with
the
Taliban
taking
over.
Karimi,
who
has
directed
films
like
"Hava,
Maryam,
Ayesha"
(2019)
and
"Afghan
Women
Behind
the
Wheel",
wrote,
"Everything
that
I
have
worked
so
hard
to
build
as
a
filmmaker
in
my
country
is
at
risk
of
falling.
If
the
Taliban
take
over
they
will
ban
all
art.
I
and
other
filmmakers
could
be
next
on
their
hit
list.
They
will
strip
women's
rights,
we
will
be
pushed
into
the
shadows
of
our
homes
and
our
voices,
our
expression
will
be
stifled
into
silence."
The
38-year-old
filmmaker
said
Afghanistan
is
going
through
a
humanitarian
crisis,
and
yet
"the
world
is
silent".
"We
need
your
voice.
The
media,
governments,
and
the
world
humanitarian
organizations
are
conveniently
silent
as
if
this
'Peace
deal'
with
the
Taliban
was
ever
legitimate...
"I
do
not
understand
this
world.
I
do
not
understand
this
silence.
I
will
stay
and
fight
for
my
country,
but
I
cannot
do
it
alone.
I
need
allies
like
you.
Please
help
us
get
this
world
to
care
about
what
is
happening
to
us.
Please
help
us
by
informing
your
countries'
most
important
media
what
is
going
on
here
in
Afghanistan.
Be
our
voices
outside
Afghanistan,"
her
letter
read.
In
her
latest
tweets,
the
filmmaker
wrote,
"We
were
left
alone,
helpless
and
hopeless."
Sharing
a
picture
of
the
Taliban
members
inside
the
Presidential
Palace
in
Kabul,"Thappad"
helmer
Anubhav
Sinha
wrote,
"Look
at
this
picture.
This
must
be
the
top
brass
of
some
sorts
right
now
inside
Afghanistan.
One
question.
How
old
were
these
people
20
years
back
when
America
showed
up
in
their
backyard
the
second
time?"
Screenwriter
Kanika
Dhillon
took
to
Twitter
and
re-shared
a
video
which
purportedly
showed
people
falling
off
from
a
moving
aircraft
as
they
were
trying
to
escape
Kabul.
"Heartbreaking.
Shocking.
Prayers
with
the
people,"
she
shared.
Actor
Rhea
Chakraborty
wrote
on
her
Instagram
stories:
"While
women
around
the
globe
fight
for
pay
parity,
women
in
Afghanistan
are
being
sold
-
They
have
become
the
pay.
Heartbroken
to
see
the
condition
of
women
and
minorities
in
Afghanistan.
Urge
the
global
leaders
to
stand
up
to
this!
#smashthepatriarchy
Women
are
human
too."
In
videos
circulating
on
social
media,
thousands
of
people
packed
into
the
Kabul
airport
on
Monday.
In
their
attempt
to
flee
the
country
after
Taliban
entered
the
capital
city,
many
rushed
to
tarmac
and
climbed
the
undercarriage
of
a
US
Air
Force
plane
trying
to
take
off.