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Internally displaced Afghan women from northern provinces, who fled their home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, receive medical care in a public park in Kabul, Afghanistan

‘We are so afraid’: An Afghan women’s rights activist is left behind in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

A women’s rights expert joins The World’s host Marco Werman to talk about what life is like in Kabul, now that the US military has completely withdrawn and the Taliban is in full control.

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