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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrick Wintour in Kabul

‘We exist but it is not a life’: Afghan women face bleak prospects under Taliban

People wait to receive bread in Kabul in January. Afghanistan is suffering from a dire food crisis, with complex causes.
People wait to receive bread in Kabul in January. Afghanistan is suffering from a dire food crisis, with complex causes. Photograph: Ali Khara/Reuters

Sitting in a classroom in district 17 on the north-western outskirts of Kabul, four young women from a group dedicated to helping children displaced by war pulled out tissues from a box and silently wiped away tears.

The conversation had turned to the youngest of the women’s prospects in light of the Taliban’s return to power in August last year.

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