The Taliban in Afghanistan have increased their restrictions on women’s rights to work and move around freely. According to a recent report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the de facto rulers have cracked down on women who don’t have a male guardian accompanying them in public. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.
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