New York, United States.
He had promised to leave Afghanistan if the Taliban returned. The last Jew in this country again in the hands of Islamic fundamentalists went with the idea of taking refuge in United States or in Israel, according to a businessman who organized his escape.
Zebulon Simentov, Born in the 1950s in Herat, west of Afghanistan, Home to tens of thousands of Jews for 2,500 years, he told AFP in April that he would not stay in the country if the Taliban returned to power.
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“I am the last, the only Jew of Afghanistan (…) Things could get worse for me here. I have decided to go to Israel if the Taliban return, “he said.
Said and done, according to Moti Kahana, 1 Israeli-American who runs a security company. Simentov left Afghanistan and has been living in a “neighboring country” since Wednesday, before eventually traveling to New York.
For decades, this man had refused to give up Afghanistan. He survived the Soviet invasion, the civil war, the first Taliban regime, and the occupation of American troops and the United States. NATO.
“I didn’t want to leave,” Kahana told AFP, adding that Simentov was threatened with death by the Afghan branch of the Islamic State group and that he eventually came to his senses.
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In all, 29 people were evacuated with him, including his “best friend” and his children, according to the employer.
seconds Kahana, The last Jew in Afghanistan has family in New York and would like to meet her for the Yom Kippur festival on September 15 and 16.