# Five years of Taliban rule: Afghan women face deepening repression

https://mins.news/en/item/22867

- France 24, 2026-08-15 08:49 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/five-years-of-taliban-rule-afghan-women-face-deepening-repression

> Five years after the Taliban returned to power, Afghan women face sweeping limits on education, work, movement and public life. The UN calls Afghanistan the world’s worst country for women’s rights and urges donors to maintain programmes supporting Afghan women as falling aid threatens to force many organisations to close.

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- [Taliban restrictions on women’s rights](https://mins.news/en/topic/taliban-women-rights-restrictions) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/taliban-women-rights-restrictions.md

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