One year ago today, Ahmad left home for work as he always did. As he made his way through Kabul, Afghanistan, he didn't notice anything strange.
At 9:30 a.m., he and his colleagues held a meeting to discuss the worrying cascade of provinces that had fallen to the Taliban in recent days. "Our American manager assured us that nothing will happen at least in the next three months," he says. The meeting concluded at 10:15. By 11, the American manager knocked on his door and told Ahmad to leave the office as soon as possible.
