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Many Afghans pack their bags, hoping for the chance to leave

Kamal Khan poses with his luggage near the Islamabad embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Khan wants to leave Afghanistan and go to Kuwait but has been waiting for a permit to cross into Pakistan. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A trunk and a school backpack from a family of Afghan musicians are packed and stored in a living room in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. The family fled Afghanistan during the first Taliban term and returned during the first year of the Karzai's government. With the Taliban back in power, the musicians say they don't feel safe and want to return to Pakistan. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A picture, partially covering the identity of Popal's sister, is shown on a cell phone in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. The sisters went missing as she commuted between Kabul and Logar, and has not been heard from in weeks. The family fears it could be connected to warnings they received from relatives to stop the daughters from studies, Popal told the AP. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Household items are displayed at a flea market in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Second-hand markets have proliferated in Kabul where many families have sold their belongings before leaving the country or due to financial struggle. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Popal, a British citizen born in Afghanistan, poses for a portrait in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. A few weeks before the Taliban takeover, Popal returned to Afghanistan in hopes of getting his family out. “I was raised with one dream, that I study hard and be someone, and I’d come back to this country and help,” he said. “With this sudden collapse, every dream is shattered. … We lose everything living here.” (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Meena, a 21-year-old student of the American University of Afghanistan holds a school pen with the U.S. and Afghanistan flag inside the Islamabad airport, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Along with other students, Meena left Afghanistan without her family. She took the pen with her because it has the flag of her country on it, the one now replaced in Afghanistan by the Taliban flag. “We just burned our dreams ... we are just broken people.” (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Light shines through an empty empty room of Ahmadullah's family house in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. The family of seven sold their households as they are attempting to leave the country. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Najia, second left, pose with her family in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. Soon after the Taliban took control of Kabul, the family sold their households and used the money to unsuccessfully cross into Pakistan. Najia, once a bacha posh, believes there is no place for them under the current regime. Bacha posh means in Dari "dressed up as a boy" and is a regional tradition that allowed parents to dress and raise their daughters as boys with the goal to provide them with a different life. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Travel bags from a family of Afghan musicians are packed and stored in a living room in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. Despite none of the family members having visas to travel outside Afghanistan, they have their bags packed while waiting for an opportunity to leave the country. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A child sleeps on a hammock next to packed suitcases from the Jawed family in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Despite the family unsuccessfully trying to leave Afghanistan since the arrival of the Taliban, two suitcases packed with clothes and some land-property documents are set to go. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Many Afghans pack their bags, hoping for the chance to leave