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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
World
Rachel Hagan & Orooj Hakimi

Women forced to sell possessions just to give birth one year on from Taliban takeover

Expectant mothers are being forced to sell their possessions so they can give birth one year after the Taliban poured into Afghanistan and seized control of the country.

From that day on, women's lives changed drastically and now few places are safe for them.

Since the Taliban’s takeover, there has been a noticeable absence of women as they fear new draconian laws restricting movement without a male relative, education bans and have been deprived of earning an income.

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