Beyond Evacuation: From the Himalayas to the Statue of Liberty. This item is unavailable.Beyond Evacuation: From the Himalayas to the Statue of Liberty

Najib Azad’s memoir offers a whole new and more personal understanding of the ancient and magnificent country of Afghanistan and its people. Leader of a progressive political party, and former spokesman for the President of Afghanistan, Azad knew he was a marked man the moment the Taliban entered Kabul in 2021. This is his harrowing and heartwarming story of how he, his wife and four small children were forced, like his parents and grandparents before him, to seek refuge abroad. Written on napkins and pieces of cardboard while in refugee camps, the deep love felt by Azad for his country, fellow Afghans and his family emanates from every word as he takes us on his journey from his office in Kabul to a new life in the USA. Readers walk every step with him, feel every moment of anguish as he strives to allay his children’s suffering as well as that of others around him.

Najib Azad is one of the many Afghan evacuees recently resettled in the United States. He lives with his wife and four young children.Azad is a well-known face to those following Afghanistan in the news: he was the spokesman for Mohammed Ashraf Ghani, the former Afghan president, and a senior political and legal advisor to NAMSA/NATO in Afghanistan. He has also been a political, legal and social analyst, commentator and expert for various news organizations including VOA, BBC, Al-Jazeera, DW, India Times, WION, DW, Radio Liberty, and others.He holds a BBA, MBS and LL. B-LAW degrees and is the author of Treason: The Engineered Collapse of the Republic of Afghanistan, a documentary of key logistical factors that accounted for the takeover by the Taliban in 2021. Azad has written hundreds of political, legal, cultural, and historical columns and articles and was a founding member of the humanitarian organization, Focus Welfare Organization, which provides food, clothes, and shelter to thousands of Afghans in need.To sign up for his mailing list and receive updates including notes on current events, and upcoming book releases, please go to www.najibazad.com