Within days of taking over the presidential palace, the Taliban began reversing the many advances in gender equality achieved over the past two decades. The Taliban dismissed female employees from banks, universities, media and most other places of employment. Afghanistan’s new government allows women to exit their homes only if accompanied by a male guardian, reinstating a requirement from the Taliban’s earlier time in power, from 1996 to 2001. On Aug. 13, a group of women demonstrated in front of the Education Ministry in Kabul, demanding “bread, work and freedom.” Is Taliban recognized as a legit government by the international community ?

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