BBC OS Conversations: Three years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan

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🗓️ 31 August 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The withdrawal of US troops in 2021 prompted the collapse of the Afghan military, an interim government and then a power grab by the hardline Islamist regime. Since then there have been increasingly harsh restrictions on everything from freedom of movement to clothing. Women and girls are now longer able to attend school after the age of 12 or university and must not speak in public. Host Luke Jones brings together three women in Kabul and in the nearby Ghazni province to hear about their lives, ambitions and how the latest laws make them feel.

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0:00.0	Hello I'm Luke Jones. Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
0:05.0	In BBC OS conversations we bring people together to share their experiences.
0:09.0	This time we hear from Afghans at home and abroad after three years of Taliban rule.
0:19.2	After the latest laws restricting their rights and freedoms,
0:22.0	three Afghan women share with us
0:23.9	what their everyday lives are like. Plus we'll hear from some of those who have left
0:27.9	the country. What are their concerns for friends and family back home? My
0:31.6	younger sister she had the best school like the whole
0:34.4	school she was really small and she had a really good future also she wanted to be a
0:38.7	doctor but what happened to her unfortunately was really sad she's's now staying at home, she can't go out. I don't think there's any opportunities for anyone.
0:50.0	A new round of restrictions by the Taliban has shocked many people the world over.
0:54.8	These new rules on enforcement which will attempt to control people's lives and behavior
1:00.1	affect both sexes, but they are more strict for women and girls.
1:04.0	The Islamic fundamentalist group has already banned women from going to university
1:08.0	and women were told they could no longer do certain jobs,
1:10.0	but now they've been told that along with covering up their faces and bodies, they must also
1:15.2	be silent outside the home. And there are further restrictions on their movement without a male relative
1:20.5	as well. Human rights groups have strongly criticized all of this and
1:24.4	the United Nations envoy to Afghanistan has described the laws as a
1:27.8	distressing vision for the country's future. We received this message from one
1:32.4	woman in the capital.
1:33.3	Hello, I'm speaking from Kabul, Afghanistan, the country which is under the control of Taliban.
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