They were leaders, scholars, athletes, actors, TV anchors, and so much more in Afghanistan. Now, one year on from the Taliban's takeover, they are starting from scratch in Australia:
As the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last August, Australia evacuated thousands of people fearful of the resurgent militant group.
When the Taliban advanced into Kabul in August 2021, after taking control of the country district by district, Mursal and her teammates made the difficult decision to flee. It was Khalid Amiri’s job to hold the Taliban accountable. As a reporter for the state broadcaster Radio Television Afghanistan, he would report the militant group’s latest attacks on the country; to “name, blame and shame” them for the atrocities they’d committed, he says.
“It's a pain, it's a trauma that will live on in our hearts forever. Because we never thought of becoming refugees. Becoming a refugee is never, never a choice. You become one when you're left with no other choices.” The NATO project was aimed at combating domestic violence, but it also hoped to build the capacity of women in the Afghan armed forces and to support the next generation of Afghan women leaders. Naqib says it was hoped one day the program would help lead a woman to the Afghan presidency.“All the achievements that we had, all the hard work that we had done to Afghanistan's women and society and community, everything collapsed,” he says.
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