Four Years On, UN Says Taliban Close To 'Erasing' Afghan Women From Public Life

Afghanistan: Are the Taliban still isolated after 4 years?

The fall of Kabul four years ago marked the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan. The country is still in a deep humanitarian crisis, but the militants have found ways to use this to their advantage.

Four Years On, UN Says Taliban Close To 'Erasing' Afghan Women From Public Life

Four years after the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan, the United Nations says the ultra-conservative group “is closer than ever to achieving its vision of a society that completely erases women from public life.”