According to PassBlue,<ref>https://www.passblue.com/2021/08/20/afghans-who-work-for-the-un-in-their-country-say-they-fear-for-their-lives/</ref> while the world was shocked by how quickly the Taliban seized power and uncertainty prevailed about how they will govern and particularly treat women and girls, UN staff said that the possibility of the Taliban gaining control had been raised by Unama employees months earlier, and that requests were made to develop plans for evacuation of all Afghan national staff. | According to PassBlue,<ref>https://www.passblue.com/2021/08/20/afghans-who-work-for-the-un-in-their-country-say-they-fear-for-their-lives/</ref> while the world was shocked by how quickly the Taliban seized power and uncertainty prevailed about how they will govern and particularly treat women and girls, UN staff said that the possibility of the Taliban gaining control had been raised by Unama employees months earlier, and that requests were made to develop plans for evacuation of all Afghan national staff. |