Just as they did when they ruled most of Afghanistan in the late 1990s, the Taliban seem intent on ruling not strictly by decree, but by inference and intimidation
Girls attending class at a school for girls in Kabul on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Afghanistan’s new government is likely to severely restrict education for girls and women despite the Taliban’s claims that schooling will eventually resume. last week. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)
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