Ahmad Khalid Noori and Lyla Kohistany
Recorded
September 23, 2023
Archived
September 23, 2023
40:12 minutes
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Id:
ddv002672
Description
Colleagues Ahmad Khalid Noori (27) and Lyla Kohistany (44) share their parallel and contrasting experiences in the war in Afghanistan. They share what led them to join the Afghani and US Armies respectively, and what ultimately brought them to Virginia.Subject Log / Time Code
Lyla (L) shares the circumstances of her coming to the US as a child. She asks Noori (N) about why he joined the Afghani military.
N recalls the difficulties in convincing his family to allow him to join the military.
L reflects on similar difficulties and some of her family members never accepting her decision to join the navy.
L remembers her deployment to Afghanistan and being struck by the beauty of the Afghani mountains. She also shares why she left the navy and how she feels about where Afghanistan is now.
N shares the devastation he felt when he was evacuated from Afghanistan. He also shares how he has rediscovered his purpose in the same mission virtually in Virginia.
(Track 2) L describes what she wishes that people knew about the military that they may not know.
N remembers the first impressions he had of his wife and how she helps him.
N shares that he is having a child soon and reflects on what he wants them to know about him and his generation.
L shares who the most important people in her life are and how she lives her life to make them proud.
N details what the most important lesson for him has been in his life.
L also describes what her most important life lesson is.
Participants
- Ahmad Khalid Noori
- Lyla Kohistany