What life is like as a woman in Afghanistan, three years into Taliban rule NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sahar Fetrat a researcher at Human Rights Watch, about the lives of women in Afghanistan now, as the Taliban continue to limit their presence in public life. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: What's it like to be a girl or a woman in …
For months, Shamail Naseri has been moving house-to-house to evade arrest by Taliban authorities. Naseri, along with other women’s activists, has been actively involved in providing support to vulnerable Afghan women after the Taliban-led Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan government dissolved critical state support structures like the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and after key organisations, including the largest network of women’s …
