When the Taliban took over in Afghanistan late in the summer of 2021, the world had a question for them.

Would they preserve the rights that women had spent two decades fighting for and in a lot of cases winning?

Pressed on this question, Taliban leaders said yes, they would.

The state policy is that we will give every right to the female members of our society that comprise half the population.

They're right to work, they're right to education, and every single other right that has been afforded to them in Islam.

But within weeks, they banned almost all girls from going high school.

They told women to stay at home, travel was no longer allowed.

Women were banned from appearing on TV dramas or traveling more than 45-ish miles from home without a male chaperone.

And then late last year, another huge blow.

One that has the potential to affect not just women, but everyone in Afghanistan who relies on humanitarian aid.

That's coming up on today's point.

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