Taliban Oppression and Continuing Migrations: Female Graduates Escaping Afghanistan Despite Travel Restrictions

Taliban Oppression and Continuing Migrations: Female Graduates Escaping Afghanistan Despite Travel Restrictions

Since the Taliban’s rise to power, the narrative has centered on migration and fleeing Afghanistan. Nearly three years under Taliban rule, the group has failed to stop people from escaping due to the establishment of an oppressive and intensely misogynistic regime. During this time, people have consistently sought ways to migrate, ready to risk their lives to leave a country where they see no hope for a sustainable future. However, the main crisis of migration is the brain drain. From the beginning of the Taliban’s dominance to the present, many educated individuals, professionals, and specialists from various sectors have migrated or are in the process of migrating.

Despite years of work experience and involvement in various sectors, many of these educated individuals have become unemployed, and all their social activities have been halted by the Taliban. They express that living under Taliban rule, which strips young people, especially women, of their freedom of speech, work, education, and right to social activities, is challenging. Despite the restrictions imposed by the Taliban on women traveling without a male companion, they are actively seeking alternative ways to flee Afghanistan.

Some of the women and girls who have managed to escape Afghanistan told the “8am Newspaper” that living in exile, despite all its hardships, is better than continuing life under Taliban rule in Afghanistan. They state that the tyrannical and misogynistic governance of the Taliban has forced thousands of young graduates to flee the country.

These young graduates are forced to flee Afghanistan while performing the most strenuous jobs in various Asian and European countries, especially in Iran and Pakistan. Many of them opt for dangerous illegal migration routes to reach European countries, risking their lives in the process.

This is occurring after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, causing many young people to flee to Iran and Pakistan, where they have been living in complete uncertainty for more than three years.