Hello Tom. Thank you so much for this heartfelt piece which I have just published. Please keep writing. We have to try to keep hope high for these poor people. There is never a day goes by when I don't think about them. I have written a few pieces too: https://medium.com/writers-blokke/message-to-the-rest-of-the-world-please-dont-look-away-43b179abb15a

https://medium.com/change-your-mind/afghan-people-desperately-need-our-help-7c3972aeea75

There's also a wonderful writer who spent many years in the Afghanistan trenches. Her name is Meghann McNiff. Her writing is wonderful. https://mcniff.medium.com/we-arent-ending-20-years-of-war-68d829b4707e Lovely to meet you.