Nargis Orakzai now lives in freedom in Germany. But the pain of leaving behind her mother, and the career she loved, is with her every day
In a picturesque Bavarian town, Nargis Orakzai is recalling the long hours she spent at the Afghan finance ministry before she fled the country last year and resettled in Germany.
“I would go to the office from 7am and often worked late. Then I would go to the university where I was pursuing a master’s in business administration,” the 30-year-old recalls. It was, she says, a hectic but satisfying life.
