“And now I’m going to face ISIS,” she said, describing her concern over the Islamic State when told her evacuation flight would end up in Iraq. “OK, now I’m leaving the Taliban behind,” said Mashall, 24, a master’s student in information technology. Iraq, though, was not the first destination that came to the students’ minds as a refuge. Students and staff frantically searched for an escape route from a country that, with the withdrawal of American forces, would fall to the Taliban - a group that has described the U.S.-funded university as a den of infidels and has shut schools and universities for girls and women. SULAIMANIYA, Iraq - As the Taliban closed in on the Afghan capital, Kabul, in August, what had been a privileged education at the American University of Afghanistan suddenly became a dangerous liability.
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