Welcome to Episode 117 of The Afghanistan Project, where we cover all topics related to two decades of war in Afghanistan, and the fallout of our Afghanistan withdrawal. Today, my guest is Sarina Faizy, formerly a Provincial Council member in Kandahar province. Sarina talks about her journey to being elected to the Provincial Council, the cultural difficulties of performing her job, and traveling to the U.S. for her education.

We discuss her efforts to help Afghans who arrived in the U.S. following the harrowing withdrawal from Kabul, and her hopes for her future and the future of her country.About Sarina Faizy:

Sarina began her career as a Media Relations Officer for ISAF/NATO in Kandahar in 2011, and eventually was elected to the Kandahar Provincial Council, where she held a position between 2014 and 2019. Sarina helped to process Afghans into the country in September 2021 and was recently a Senior Operations Associate at Chemonics working on support to their Special Immigrant Visa Unit.

Sarina has her Bachelor’s from Malalay University and her Master’s in International Law from my alma mater, the College of William and Mary.

You can find Sarina's children's book, Sarina of Kandahar: An Afghan Girl's Journey to Change the World, on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sarina-Kandahar-Afghan-Journey-Change/About the host: Beth Bailey worked in support of Afghanistan operations as a civilian intelligence analyst for the Department of the Army between 2010 and 2013. She is a freelance contributor to Fox News Digital and the Washington Examiner. Follow Beth: on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bwbailey85/ on Twitter: https://x.com/BWBailey85 on Substack: https://substack.com/@bwbailey85 on the web: https://bethwbailey.com/