The deportation of Afghans from Iran is increasing, with over 250,000 returning in a month and many being women. The Taliban's repressive governance enforces strict laws on women, including bans on public appearance and employment. Women returning to Afghanistan face severe restrictions and potential punishment. Sahar, a deported widow, illustrates this struggle, having been forcibly detained and cut off from her life in Iran. The situation highlights the plight of thousands forced back into a dire environment under the Taliban's oppressive rule.
Women returning to the country must live with oppressive laws that ban them from showing their faces, speaking or appearing in public, as well as being excluded from most jobs and education.
In the past month alone, more than 250,000 people, including thousands of lone women, have returned to Afghanistan from Iran, according to the UN's migration agency.
Sahar, a widow with five children, was detained and deported from Iran without the chance to collect her belongings, facing an uncertain future in Afghanistan.
The Taliban, who returned to power in 2021, have been accused of enforcing a system of gender apartheid in Afghanistan.
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