# Five years after Taliban return, Afghan women see no end to restrictions

https://mins.news/en/video/22520

- DW News, 2026-08-14 19:31 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC1dwEACcKE

> Five years after the Taliban returned to power, Afghan women and girls still face severe limits on education, work and public life. Maryam, unable to attend school openly, studies online and secretly teaches English to other girls. Human Rights Watch researcher Fereshta Abbasi discusses the risks and long-term consequences of denying education to millions of Afghan girls.

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