"During Taliban reign over Afghanistan, women were subjected to atrocities and repression of the kind the world thought had ended with the medieval ages. When they were ousted in 2001, much was made of the promise the moment held for Afghan women ... But more than a decade later, and under the west-backed Hamid Karzai goverrnment, the ground situation has shown little improvement."
"Given the dismal uncertainties of present-day Afghanistan, it seems unlikely that its women can even regain those limited freedoms any time in the near future, let alone lead 21st century lives."
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