Afghan women escape for a chance at education - BBC News

More than 450 women from Afghanistan have escaped the country to study abroad.

14 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage caption, AUW organised for 148 Afghan women to go on the last US hanger out of KabulBy Gem O'ReillyBBC NewsIn her university room in Bangladesh, Nina, 19, holds her boxing gloves up to her face, staring into the mirror.

She is learning to protect herself. She says there is no other way. Nina is one of hundreds of Afghan women who have taken up the offer of an education abroad, despite knowing they may never be able to return home.

Nearly 12 months ago, walking through Kabul airport, she says she felt far less strong. She remembers her hands shaking. She knew it was dangerous to flee Afghanistan.

When airport officials questioned her, she lied: "The Taliban don't allow women to travel alone so I said my mother was sick in Pakistan."

She was relieved when they were convinced, but a harder challenge was yet to come.

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