Four years after the fall of Kabul, Taliban succeeds in near-total exclusion of women
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Asia / Pacific
Four years since Taliban forces seized Kabul and ended two decades of Western presence, Afghan women face near-total exclusion from public life. Nearly 100 edicts have stripped them of basic freedoms, while any dissent remains dangerous and international pressure has waned.
[File photo] A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group in Kabul, on May 23, 2023. ยฉ Ebrahim Noroozi, AP
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