The Taliban have banned women from working for NGOs. As a result, some of those organizations have said they won't operate in Afghanistan. Do you think that is the right decision given what's at stake here? "If it's not for all, it should be for none," she says.
When the Taliban took power, it promised a place for women in its new Afghanistan. Now, hardliners are embracing policies that do the opposite.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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