Afghanistan hit by brain drain as ‘best and brightest’ flee Taliban rule

Insurgents struggling to stop exodus of highly educated and skilled workers ‘needed to make the country governable’

A Taliban fighter watches over a protest led by Afghan women in Kabul
A Taliban fighter watches over a protest led by Afghan women in Kabul
(Image credit: Hoshang Hashimi/AFP via Getty Images)

The re-emergence of Taliban rule has triggered the departure of thousands of highly skilled Afghans from what is already one of the world’s most under-developed nations.

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