7m
25 May 2021

Meet the women taking on the Taliban in Afghanistan

International Editor

As the last of the American and Nato forces withdraw from Afghanistan, concern is growing for women and girls in the country.

Over the past month there’s been a wave of attacks against prominent women, while peace talks between the government and the Taliban flounder.

And fears are mounting that the fragile gains for women over the past 20 years risk being reversed.