In a statement Saturday, the Taliban sought to reassure civil servants in the newly-toppled capitals who it said were trying “to flee towards Iran and other places with their families.”

But residents feared a darker fate if they stayed.

The official said that “everyone is hiding” and people are “not safe.”

“As a woman who has worked and fought around 20 years for women rights, for a better society, for equality, for women’s improvement. I can’t accept that Taliban destroy all these achievements.”

The official said she feels “abandoned” by the U.S. amid their departure from the war-torn country after two decades of war.