On August 15, local time, the Afghan Taliban entered Kabul, and the political situation in Afghanistan changed.
A reporter from China News Service interviewed Mr. Yu, an overseas Chinese who stayed behind.
Mr. Yu is mainly engaged in Sino-Arab trade work.
On the day of the incident, he got up early as usual and went out for breakfast, and then went shopping with friends at the local supermarket.
"After shopping and returning to the residence, it was about ten o'clock and everything was peaceful. An Afghan friend called to inform that the Taliban might be entering Kabul, and minor conflicts might occur." Mr. Yu said frankly that he didn't have anything to do with it. Psychological preparation.
Talking about the current living conditions, Mr. Yu said that there was a power outage that day, but it has now returned to normal.
During the whole process, there was no panic buying of materials, and the store went in and out normally; as a daily necessities, the naan was sold for 10 Afghanis (about 0.82 yuan) on weekdays, and the original price is now maintained.
Due to the handover of local power, some work matters cannot be handled temporarily.
In this regard, Mr. Yu said that he should give himself a vacation when he stays at home.
Previously, with the help of the Chinese Embassy, most of the local Chinese have been evacuated, and there are currently more than a dozen people staying there.
Everyone will maintain internal communication and help in time if there is any difficulty.
Mr. Yu said that he was generally calm.
"Afghanistan has a lot of resources and good opportunities. It is hoped that stability can be restored as soon as possible to achieve good development. (Reporter Lang Jiahui, Ma Xiuxiu, and Guo Shihao)
Editor in charge: [Ye Pan]