Women, girls struggle for basic rights in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban takeover
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Women, girls struggle for basic rights in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban takeover
It was a year ago on Monday that the Taliban completed its conquest of Afghanistan, capturing Kabul and sending the nation into yet another spiral of turmoil after the chaotic withdrawal of the U.S. and NATO allies. Now, one year on, we begin a series looking back at life under Taliban rule with the plight of Afghan women and girls, whose ...
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In 1971, Afghan women walked freely. They studied. They worked. They led. They existed in public without fear. Afghanistan was not always a place where women were erased. Women were professors. Journalists. Doctors. Leaders shaping the future of their country. And then, slowly, their world was taken from them. Not because they were weak. But because they were powerful. Today, Afghan girls are banned from school beyond sixth grade. Women are banned from universities. Many are banned from working.
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