# Five years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

https://mins.news/en/video/22936

- BBC News, 2026-08-15 11:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIvHyNnUGvw

> Five years after the Taliban returned to power as Western forces withdrew, Afghanistan has experienced relative peace following two decades of war. But the group’s extreme, ultra-conservative interpretation of Islam has erased women from public life: girls cannot attend school from age 12 or university, women are barred from public parks and cannot travel abroad without a male companion.

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