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The last U.S. troops left Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021. Three years later, the Taliban's return to power has allowed al Qaeda and other terrorist groups to regain a presence in the country, and ...
The Taliban rulings regarding public conduct placed severe restrictions on a woman's freedom of movement and created difficulties for those who could not afford a burqa (which was not commonly worn in Afghanistan prior to the rise of the Taliban and considered a fairly expensive garment at upwards of US$9.00 in 1998 (equivalent to about $17 in 2023) [7]: 8 ) or did not have any mahram.
PEOPLE shares a first look at the upcoming Apple documentary that earned early acclaim during the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, produced with the help of Jennifer Lawrence and Malala Yousafzai
Women's rights in Afghanistan are severely restricted by the Taliban.In 2023, the United Nations termed Afghanistan as the world's most repressive country for women. [4] Since the US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban gradually imposed restrictions on women's freedom of movement, education, and employment.
Protests in Afghanistan held by Islamic democrats and feminists against the treatment of women by the Taliban began on 17 August 2021, following the fall of Kabul.Supported by the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, the protesters also demanded decentralization, multiculturalism, social justice, [4] labor, education, and food. [5]
And it's a message that women all around the world are standing united with Afghan women and girls in their fight against the Taliban's oppression," Yousafzai tells PEOPLE of the need for high ...
Razia Barakzai (born 1995) is an Afghan women's rights activist. She was named one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2021 for leading the first women's protests against the Taliban in August 2021, [1] following their takeover of Afghanistan earlier that month.
Martial arts are popular in Afghanistan, but it is a notoriously hard country for women, and the girls of the Shaolin Wushu club face regular harassment. Afghan girls fight prejudice with martial arts