Afghanistan under the Taliban government is the 'most repressive country in the world' for women's rights, with authorities effectively trapping women and girls in their homes, the United Nations said Wednesday.
A female student leaves a university in Kandahar Province on December 21, 2022. Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have banned university education for women nationwide, provoking international condemnation over another assault on human rights. Stringer/ AFP
The Taliban government adheres to an austere interpretation of Islam and has imposed a slew of restrictions on girls and women since seizing power in August 2021. Taliban authorities have removed women from all but essential government jobs, or are paying them a fraction of their former salary to stay at home.
Some women have staged sporadic protests against the bans—risking arrest, violence and social stigma for taking part—but authorities usually disperse them swiftly. More than half the country's 38 million people are facing hunger and nearly four million children suffer from malnutrition, aid agencies say.
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