Public spaces that once brought communities together in Afghanistan are now closed to women and girls.
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Villagers in a remote part of Afghanistanâs Nangarhar province are still grappling with the aftermath of the US militaryâs most destructive non-nuclear bomb, more than eight years after it was dropped.
âAn Afghan woman journalist, Farishta Sadeed, was picked up by authorities from her residence in Sector B-17 on Monday night and taken to a detention facility for deportation, her family and relatives told Dawn on Tuesday.â https://t.co/ys5ZGTg9Jp
Women who fled the Taliban in Afghanistan to Pakistan are now hiding from Islamabad police, taking refuge on farmland outside the city. They sing âMy Land,â the anthem of Afghanistanâs fall, in fear of arrest, as Pakistan launch mass arrests of refugees.
The Talibanâs new ban on women working in the carpet weaving industry has left many widows and sole breadwinners unemployed. These labor-intensive jobs were often the only means of survival for many Afghan women. Another blow to their rights and livelihoods.