Women have been barred from most government employment—or had their salaries slashed and told to stay at home. They are often also first to be sacked from struggling private businesses—particularly those unable to segregate the workplace in line with Taliban rules
Herat, Afghanistan: Since their takeover a year ago, the Taliban have squeezed Afghan women out of public life, imposing suffocating restrictions on where they can work, how they can travel, and what they can wear.