'The day the government fell to the Taliban was worst of my life'

Since I was a child, studying has always been one of the biggest dreams of my life. I studied until grade nine at high school and at that time I believed that like every other girl I would be able to finish school, and go to university and one day achieve my dreams. But when the government collapsed everything changed for me and for thousands of other Afghan girls. 15 August, when the government fell, was the worst and most painful day of my life. Every year when this date comes I feel as if an