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Most of the Afghan women and girls, who were enjoying freedom, are apprehensive now about their future since the Taliban took over the contro… Read More
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An Afghan woman shows her face in public for the first time after 5 years of Taliban Sharia law as she waits at a food distribution centre in central Kabul on November 14, 2001.
(Reuters)
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Female Afghan National Police (ANP) officers aim their weapons during a drill at a training centre near the German Bundeswehr army camp Marmal in Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan on December 11, 2012.
(Reuters)
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Afghan girls stand at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan on February 1, 2016.
(Reuters)
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Afghan students attend a commencement ceremony at Kabul University on April 13,2008.
(Reuters)
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Nima Suratgar, an Afghan parliamentary candidate, talks to supporters as she meets with a group of teachers in Kabul on September 15, 2010.
(Reuters)
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Afghan girls work at a first Internet cafe for women in Kabul on March 8, 2012.
(Reuters)
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Veiled Afghan women ride in the trunk of a car in Charikar, north of Kabul,
on February 18, 2003.
(Reuters)
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Afghan singer Aryana Sayeed performs during a “Peace Concert” organised by a youth organisation in Kabul on October 19, 2013.
(Reuters)
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Noor Zia, 40, poses for a photograph with her daughter Saba Ahmadi, 11, at their home in Kabul on February 13, 2014.
(Reuters)
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A women attends a class at a driving school in Kabul on August 17, 2014.
(Reuters)







