Berlin – Abu and Ahmad have not had water or eaten anything for five days. Your desperation can be felt even before the first question, you seem like mourners. Since August 17, the brothers, who do not want to give their surnames for security reasons, have been standing as a vigil in front of the Foreign Office to save their family in Afghanistan – they stand for twelve hours every day. One of her brothers was a local employee for the Bundeswehr until the troops withdrew, and her brother-in-law, cousin and his wife also worked for the NATO forces.
Because their action was initially unable to achieve anything, Abu and his older brother went on a dry hunger strike on September 12th. “If my family dies, my life means nothing to me,” says Abu, 22 years old. He does not understand how the government could simply let the Bundeswehr helpers in the lurch. His brother has seven, other local staff have worked for the Bundeswehr for 17 years. With their strike, the brothers are demanding more compassion and political pressure for the evacuation.
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