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An Afghan woman weaves a carpet at a traditional carpet factory in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 6, 2023.
AFGHANISTAN is the world's most repressive country for women since the Taliban took control, the United Nations said today.
In a statement released on the International Women’s Day, the UN mission said that Afghanistan’s new rulers have shown an almost “singular focus on imposing rules that leave most women and girls effectively trapped in their homes.”
Despite initial promises of a more moderate stance, the Taliban has imposed harsh measures to restrict many basic rights of women and girls since seizing power in August 2021, after the United States and Nato withdrew forces following two decades of war.
Afghan women living under the Taliban are navigating a system that makes their public existence conditional on male approval, writes SHUKRIA RAHIMI
