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The Taliban retook control of Afghanistan in August 2021, claiming women would "be very active in our society." Instead, women and girls there just keep losing their rights and freedoms, just as critics predicted. Shogofa Danish looks at what life is like for females in Afghanistan, as the Taliban works to erase them from public life.
The Taliban retook control of Afghanistan in August 2021, claiming women would "be very active in our society." Instead, women and girls there just keep losing their rights and freedoms, just as critics predicted. Shogofa Danish looks at what life is like for females in Afghanistan, as the Taliban works to erase them from public life.
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