Dreams crushed, talents confiscated: Afghan women struggle to work under Taliban restrictions

Get the Full StoryHalf of Afghanistan s population now finds itself locked out of the freedom to work at a time when the country s economy is worse than ever.

Frozan Ahmadzai is one of 200,000 Afghan women who have the Taliban s permission to work. She should have graduated from university this year in pursuit of her dream of becoming a doctor, but the Taliban have barred women from higher education and excluded them from many jobs.

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