The organization previously excluded women from secondary education, as well as banned them from visiting parks, gyms and public pools, and obliged them to wear head-to-toe burqas when going out.Critics and women's rights activists assume Afghanistan, which has been torn by conflicts between different terrorist groups for decades now, is rapidly moving away from the idea of women's empowerment.Today, it may come as a surprise to some that years ago, the situation in Afghanistan was quite different: Afghan women weren't obliged to cover their faces or wear long garments unless they themselves decided to do so, they could join girls' scouting organizations and even rule the country.See for yourself in our photo gallery.*under UN sanctions
A barrage of criticism was directed at the Taliban* after the group — now officially in power in Kabul — banned Afghan women from getting a university education on December 20.
The organization previously excluded women from secondary education, as well as banned them from visiting parks, gyms and public pools, and obliged them to wear head-to-toe burqas when going out.
Critics and women's rights activists assume Afghanistan, which has been torn by conflicts between different terrorist groups for decades now, is rapidly moving away from the idea of women's empowerment.
Today, it may come as a surprise to some that years ago, the situation in Afghanistan was quite different: Afghan women weren't obliged to cover their faces or wear long garments unless they themselves decided to do so, they could join girls' scouting organizations and even rule the country.
Picture taken in 1962 at the Faculty of Medecine in Kabul of two Afghan medicine students (Left and Center) listening to their Professor as they examine a plaster showing a part of a human body. (Photo by STAFF / AFP)
Afghanistan Scout Guides parade during the ceremonies marking the 1st anniversary of Afghanistan Republic 17 July 1974 in Kabul. (Photo by HO / HO / AFP)
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