2024-09-03
33 分钟Technology has changed the way countries wage war, and today, we look at an app in Afghanistan that wanted to change the way people on the ground experienced it.
From recorded Future News, I'm Dena Temple west, and this is click here.
Sara Wahidi was coming home from work in the spring of 2018, walking to her apartment in a relatively peaceful, leafy part of north Kabul.
And just as she was approaching her building, she had an eerie sense of air rushing past.
And then just a split second later, there was a blast.
People were panicking, running.
And maybe about 30 seconds after that, it was just this huge light behind me.
Shockwaves followed, and she ran for cover.
This was a time in Afghanistan when violence was only just beginning to bubble up, erupting in the least expected places, including, it appeared, in Sarah's upper crust neighborhood.
We didn't know what was happening.
And I'm watching people in the street, you know, running, screaming, helping each other and feeling helpless.
It was like a movie.
I mean, you saw the insurgents on the roof of this building, and then you saw the Afghan National Police or army on the other side.
And it was just a horrific incident to watch.
And then in the midst of the chaos, her cell phone began pinging.
It was a text from a friend of hers at the US embassy.
Hey, Sarah, I remember that you lived in this building.
You know, do you know that there was this explosion, and they're saying that it's ISIS.
Just wanted to make sure that you're safe.
And Sarah thought to herself, wait, how does she have all this detail when I'm right here?
I was astounded by how quickly she had that information.