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In Afghanistan, public floggings and executions bring back memories of harsh Taliban rule in the 1990s.

A group of women wearing burqas crosses the street as members of the Taliban drive past in Kabul, Afghanistan

Women had struggled long and hard for the right to divorce, but since the Taliban’s takeover, the situation worsened.

Afghan women converse with a Taliban fighter while they hold placards during a demonstration demanding better rights for women in front of the former Ministry of Women Affairs in Kabul on September 19, 2021

Women rallied across various cities in Afghanistan after dozens of mostly young women were killed in a school attack.

Women across Afghanistan are demonstrating after the killing of dozens of female Hazara students in Kabul on September 30 [File: Omar Sobhani/Reuters]