Former Sheffield Hallam Uni student opens up about her family's struggle in Afghanistan
We've been speaking to Negina Bari-who studied Human Rights in South Yorkshire until last year-about the ongoing crisis in the war-torn nation
An Afghan woman-who completed her master's degree at Sheffield Hallam University in 2021- insists women in Afghanistan are 'desperate' to leave the war-torn nation.
Negina Bari is originally from there and has been speaking to us-with it now being just over a year since the Taliban regained power in the Afghan capital of Kabul-following the departure of western troops from the city.
She says the women in her family are struggling to cope with how a lot of their rights have been taken away over the past twelve months:
"My mum, my sisters, my niece and my cousins are all still in Afghanistan. Now, girls there can't go to school after they reach the age of eleven.
"They've lost everything; their right to education, their right to work and have a good life.
"Freedom of expression is a thing of the past in Afghanistan. I worry a lot for my family who are still there."
Severyna Magill is a Senior Lecturer in Human Rights at Sheffield Hallam University.
She says the situation in Afghanistan is unacceptable:
"For one year now, girls have not been allowed to go to secondary school in Afghanistan.
"So, every day they see their brothers getting ready, putting on their uniforms, getting their books together.
"Unsurprisingly, girls don't feel equal to their brothers anymore.
"We really need to think about what it means that a country in 2022 is denying girls their basic, fundamental right to education."
Monday marked a year since the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital Kabul after the departure of western troops, stripping the rights of many in the nation and pushing them into desperate living conditions.
Meanwhile, today is Afghan Independence Day - marking 103 years since the country regained autonomy from British rule.