Afghan Taliban celebrate return to power two years on amid erosion of women’s rights
Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters Afghanistan’s Taliban marked the second anniversary of their return to power on Tuesday, celebrating their takeover of Kabul and the establishment of what they said was security throughout the country under an Islamic system. After a lightning offensive as US-led foreign forces were withdrawing after 20 years of inconclusive war, the Taliban […]
Work ban: Shut out of jobs, Afghan women retrain as nurses
With Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers banning women from most jobs, BAHAAR JOYA and EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report that some are turning to nursing and midwifery as a way to keep working…