Hello, I'm Nulam Gavarin on the BBC World Service, and this is BBC OS conversations,

Women of Afghanistan, there's much discussion and focus on the role of women in the country.

We want to share stories from Afghan women. Some now overseas

others feeling trapped in their homes. When I see from balcony when I see the

road it's like horror movie. There's no people on the road and I just

cry and I feel really bad for this because I just want to go to work.

The last U.S. soldier has left Afghanistan

and the Taliban is in control of the vast majority of the country.

They've attempted to send a positive message about attitudes towards the rights of women,

but in recent days they've indicated there won't be places for women in the very high positions of government.

They've also told working women in the country to stay at home for

now, they say for their own safety. I spent some time in recent days at the

Afghanistan and Central Asian Association here in London.

The volunteers there, they're helping Afghans who have fled their country,

offering them services such as English language classes, employment workshops and support groups.

And as you might expect, they are incredibly busy with hundreds queuing each day to get inside.

One of the helpers told me they're answering about a thousand calls a day.

Arzu is one of the volunteers. She described to me what it's been like, watching the violence and chaos in Afghanistan from a distance.

It's very difficult to see what we were and what we have become and all these strives and struggles in the past 20 years have all

gone wasted. So many beautiful souls departed. So many young brains fled the

country and we here as the people living in the UK. Our pain is

so deep because we see the families back in Afghanistan suffering and we see the

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