Tag: repressive
Afghanistan: Inside the world’s most repressive country for women – BBC Newsnight
The Taliban marked the second anniversary of its return to power yesterday with a public holiday. But few Afghans, both women and men, have much to celebrate. The Taliban, recently stopped most Afghan female staff from working with aid agencies, closed beauty salons, barred women from parks and curtailed their travel in the absence of any male guardian. In March, the UN said that “Afghanistan…