Women's rights in Afghanistan before the Taliban
Totakhail, 43, says the capital city of Afghanistan, Kabul, where she was raised '' was very Western, very open. You were allowed to go out alone in public. You could participate in sports. It was a Third World country, but basically people were educated I had all the privileges of the male members of my family. It was a free country.''
Women in Afghanistan were educated and employed prior to Taliban control, especially in the capital city Kabul. 50% of the students and 60% of the teachers at Kabul University were women. 70% of schoolteachers, 50% of civilian government workers, and 40% of doctors in Kabul were women.
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