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    Sara Wahedi

    Oct 15, 2021 3 minutes
    BY SANYA MANSOOR
    PHOTOGRAPH BY CELESTE SLOMAN FOR TIME

    SINCE 2018, SARA WAHEDI HAS MADE IT her business to help keep fellow Afghans safe. Her mobile app, Ehtesab, crowd-sources verified reports of bombings, shootings, roadblocks and city-service issues—giving residents of Kabul clarity in moments of chaos.

    That work became even more essential when the Taliban began making rapid advances across Afghanistan, eventually taking control of the capital on Aug. 15. It has also become dramatically more perilous

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