As salons are banned and jobs vanish, Afghan women find precarious ways to survive under strict Taliban mandates.

Top: Government soldiers prepare to counter a Taliban attack near the outer gate of Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, on Dec. 8. Above: Taj Mohammed, 43, was displaced from his farm in Balkh province ...

First days of life under Taliban rule: ‘My daughter hasn’t gone to school in two weeks’ ‘There are no women on the streets now. Even if you see anyone, they’ll be fully covered in a burqa’ ...

A single year of extremist rule has turned life upside down for Afghans, especially women. A photographer who has long called the country home captured the jarring changes.

President Joe Biden has no regrets about withdrawing American combat troops from Afghanistan. And he used the drone strike that killed longtime al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Kabul as the ...

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with the Kathy Gannon of the Associated Press about what she's witnessed in Kabul as Afghans react to life under Taliban rule.

Mah Jan, who taught under Taliban rule, said militants monitored teachers and their relationships with aid groups before they were toppled in the 2001 U.S. invasion, but they were not coercive.

The Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan has left women questioning their futures in the country. Many fear a repeat of the group's harsh 1996-2001 rule, when women were barred from school and ...

The Taliban promised they would honor Afghan women's rights. ... What life is like for women under Taliban rule Published February 7, 2023 at 10:00 AM EST Facebook; Twitter; ...

Life in Afghanistan remains dire 2 years after collapse of U.S.-backed government ... Some preferred to cling to a moving plane than live under Taliban rule.

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