Hasina emotionally described the days leading up to her evacuation, and the experience of blocked roads, limited resources, gunfire, and growing fear she and her family endured.

Hasina's Ministry no longer exists. It has been replaced by the Ministry for Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue - a strict moral police that enforces the Taliban’s interpretation of Sharia law.

Afghan women and girls have been forced back into an abyss, with no employment, education, voice or freedom.

Hasina has now settled in the UK and her son has enjoyed attending our weekly Kennedy Club, hosted by our Sixth Form students Here, guests can socialise with other young adults, improve their English and form friendships. Hasina said her son really enjoyed his weekly visits to the College.

It was wonderful to see our Sixth Form students so moved by Hasina's lecture, asking insightful questions and empathising with Hasina's struggles as a refugee. Perhaps the most powerful part of Hasina’s message was when she implored our students to think about what it must be like to be a young girl deprived of education in Afghanistan at the moment. They are just the same as you, Hasina, argued, with the same capacity to learn, and the same hopes and dreams. If they are deprived of education then we are all deprived of the contribution that they could make to the world. She urged our students to carry that message with them and to speak to others about the challenges facing Afghanistan whenever they could. We do not doubt that, after meeting Hasina, many of our students would do exactly that.

Hasina also kindly agreed to be interviewed by a small group of our budding journalists for our Summer edition of Labor Amoris. One to look out for!