“Everybody knows how harsh and brutal that era was,” the second woman told Reuters at a residential compound in the capital Doha housing evacuees, including other nationalities.
She said she did not believe there were enough female teachers in Afghanistan for the gender-segregated classes the Taliban insist on.
The group of women said that the Taliban’s values were alien to them and that they would not return to Afghanistan as long as the group exerted control, even under a power-sharing government.
“I feel like I no longer belong to this country and I cannot have my country back because the situation is getting worse day by day,” the third woman said.
“It took us 20 years to build our country and … now everything has collapsed,” another women added.
The third woman said she tried to bring a piece of soil with her but it was left behind in luggage at Kabul airport. Now all she has to remind her of Afghanistan is her passport.
She did not know where she would settle but said she was determined to do her best to find a new home and complete her studies.
“I will do whatever I can do … because I don’t see the future inside (Afghanistan).”
Source: Channel News Asia
