Four years after the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, the lives of thousands of girls have turned into a dark nightmare, a nightmare that began with the closing of the gates of education and learning, and has reached a painful yet unfinished point in forced marriages.

In the migrant camp at Islam Qala, the border between Iran and Afghanistan, women stand in clouds of dust, women who no longer have any hope of returning to the country nor any way to continue their lives on the other side of the border; women who have lived for years in the margins of Iranian society.

This is the story of three Afghan migrant girls who were forcibly deported by the Iranian government and have returned to a land where books and pens have become forbidden objects.

Two years after the horrific killing of Marina Sadat by the Taliban in Kabul, her family is still struggling in the whirlpool of threats, displacement, and helplessness. In a recent interview with Zan News, Marina's brother recounts a shocking narrative of his family's ongoing suffering; a family that was first oppressed and tortured by the Taliban and is now on the verge of forced deportation from Iran.