Hi there,

In this chaotic news cycle it may be tempting to tune out, but we hope you won’t—only an informed and engaged public can defend democracy. In these times of deep political polarization we need news that goes beyond play-by-play headlines, news that goes to the heart of each story by asking people to tell their own stories of abuses of power and injustice in their own words. If our journalism is important to you, please donate today. Every dollar makes a difference. Thank you so much.

Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman

Non-commercial news needs your support.

We rely on contributions from you, our viewers and listeners to do our work. If you visit us daily or weekly or even just once a month, now is a great time to make your monthly contribution.

Please do your part today.

Donate

Rita Lasar Meets Masuda Sultan, An Afghan-American Who Lost 19 Members of Her Family in Theus Bombing of Afghanistan

Within a month, the bombs started to fall on Afghanistan. A few months later, Rita Lasar, who lost her brother Abein the World Trade Center, decided to go to Afghanistan. In the midst of her deepest grief, Rita said the killing ofinnocent civilians should not be avenged by the killing of innocent civilians. We followed her on her trip.

A few days before she took that trip in January, she came to our studio, and met for the first time Masuda Sultan, anAfghan American who lost 19 members of her family

Tape:

  • Rita Lasar, who lost her brother in the World Trade Center, traveled to Afghanistan.
  • Masuda Sultan, an Afghan-American describing how she discovered the US had killed 19 members of her familyin the bombing of Afghanistan

Guest:

  • Masuda Sultan, Afghan-American citizen who lost 19 members of her family.

Related Story

StoryJan 07, 2025Jimmy Carter’s “Decency & Humanity” Came with Deadly U.S. Policies in Latin America: Greg Grandin
The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top