What’s life like as a woman under the Taliban?

Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

What’s life like as a woman in Afghanistan under the Taliban? Tom Sasse, The Economist’s South Asia bureau chief, has just returned from a 1,000km road trip across Afghanistan where he met women and girls who live under Taliban rule. He discusses what he heard with The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes.

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