Gender apartheid in Afghanistan: Lessons from Taliban's women ban - analysis

They returned stronger than 20 years ago with a public-relations machine portraying them as moderate, but the gender-apartheid hasn’t changed.

Afghan female students walk near Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 21, 2022.

Afghan female students walk near Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 21, 2022.

(photo credit: REUTERS/ALI KHARA)

BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

DECEMBER 27, 2022 18:33

Updated: DECEMBER 28, 2022 06:24

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