Two years after the Taliban seized power, Afghan women say their rights have been wiped out and futures stolen.
When Zahra thinks back to her life before the summer of 2021, it seems like another reality. As a student in Afghanistan, she had “lots of friends.” “We were happy together,” she recalled. “We were studying, sometimes we were gathering together … we were riding bikes.” Zahra, 20, doesn’t ride bikes anymore. Or go to school, or walk outside without covering her face, or see friends who have fled the country.
Restrictions and economic hardship have also resulted in a rise in domestic violence and the forced marriage of girls, it said. The Taliban has repeatedly claimed that women are allowed to work in certain sectors as long as it follows “Islamic values.
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