Orooj Hakimi

In Afghanistan, pub­lic flog­gings and ex­e­cu­tions bring back mem­o­ries of harsh Tal­iban rule in the 1990s.

Women had strug­gled long and hard for the right to di­vorce, but since the Tal­iban’s takeover, the sit­u­a­tion wors­ened.

Women ral­lied across var­i­ous cities in Afghanistan af­ter dozens of most­ly young women were killed in a school at­tack.