The Taliban have enacted laws that violate human rights since they returned to power. But a new edict goes further.
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Women who served in unofficial combat and intelligence roles during the Afghanistan war offer brutally honest accounts of their experiences.
The west wants to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. But every move towards engagement with the Taliban is met with further oppression.
Education for girls was also limited during the Taliban’s previous period of control in Afghanistan, from 1996 to 2001.
Afghan women activists, leaders and former politicians who are now in exile are telling of the continued struggle for women’s rights in Afghanistan and women’s diverse strategies of resistance.
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Associate Professor of International Relations and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Stanford University
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Professor of Anthropology, Emerita, Concordia University
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