From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernu-C, and this is the Daily.

In the two years since the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan, what was feared has now come

to pass.

The Taliban has shut women and girls out of public life.

My colleague Christina Goldbaum traveled across Afghanistan to talk to women about how they're

managing these changes.

What she found is not what she expected.

Today she brings us the stories of three women.

It's Monday, June 5th.

So Christina, the last time we talked about Afghanistan on the show was last summer.

And at the time, the Taliban had banned young women from high school.

You went to Afghanistan earlier this year on a reporting trip.

Catch us up in what's been going on.

Sure.

So remember, after the Taliban seized power in August 2021, there were a lot of questions

around just how far the Taliban would go in their treatment of women and girls.

And in that time, we saw the government begin to roll back some rights.

What we've seen in more recent months is the Taliban administration introducing more

and more restrictive policies that in a lot of ways have just erased women and girls from

public life.

Well, Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have imposed yet another restriction on women.

Last November, they banned women completely from public places like parks and gyms.

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