Amina, a widow in Kabul with a seven-year-old daughter and a five-year-old son, faces extreme challenges as she navigates life under Taliban rule. She often travels alone to seek work and basic necessities, leaving her children locked inside at home with little food. Amina has no support system to help care for her children, making her particularly vulnerable as the Taliban's laws require women to be accompanied by men. Her dire situation has worsened since her husband's targeted killing prior to the Taliban's takeover, amplifying the struggles of poverty, isolation, and the oppressive societal norms imposed on women in her circumstances.
Even before last month’s revised religious rules, Afghanistan’s women were being crushed under the Taliban’s thumb. Now they cannot even so much as raise their voices. While other countries try to crimp the flow of cheap Chinese electric cars, Britain is welcoming them—for now (9:55). And why the French have at last come to appreciate “Emily in Paris” (16:12).
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