‘Who’s going to keep the peace?’ Afghans in Australia fear chaos and violence when foreign forces leave

Many Afghans with family still in the country and memories of the Taliban are deeply worried about the withdrawal

When Australia announced it would withdraw all military personnel from Afghanistan, Farkhondeh Akbari's dream died a little.

For me and my generation in the diaspora, some of us have been hoping to return back to Afghanistan, our homeland," the PhD candidate in diplomacy, international politics and strategic studies at the Australian National University says.