The last Serb in Afghanistan for B92.net: "I'm staying here"

Images from Kabul have been shaking the world for days, and media reports are full of stories about (un)successful evacuations, both of foreigners and Afghans, who are trying in every way to leave that country.
It is still uncertain whether U.S. troops and other international forces will withdraw completely from Afghanistan on August 31, although the Taliban have sent a warning that the United States will regret extending that deadline. That is why the clock is ticking fast for all those who want to leave Afghanistan before power and control completely pass into the hands of the Taliban.
Among them, with a lot of trouble and effort, three of our citizens were evacuated. We read their stories days ago. However, they say, there are still our people in Afghanistan.
One for sure. Viktor Uroevi works as the medical coordinator of the Emergency NGO Hospital in the town of Lashkar Gah, in the very "heart" of Taliban power. As he says in an exclusive interview for B92.net, he has no intention of leaving.
"I do not plan to evacuate and I have not contacted anyone regarding the evacuation. I am staying here," he says, adding that, based on the projections he has, "it should be very peaceful" in Laskah Gah. Urosevic has been in Afghanistan for more than three years.
About the reasons for his arrival in that country, destroyed by decades of wars and riots, he says: "Honestly, I came here to try to be part of a mission, a peacekeeping mission, to try another experience. On the recommendation of a friend, who is also from Serbia, I am here now. First I was in Kabul for two years, and then they set me up for coordinator in Helmand, and I've been here for a year and a couple of months. I like it here, I've found myself. "
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