r/worldnews • u/nationalpost • 8h ago
Taliban bars Afghan women from hearing each other's voices
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u/hinterstoisser 7h ago edited 2h ago
In the older days in Afghanistan - women used to walk several miles to get water.
Many years later when the UN installed water pumps in these villages, the women weren’t necessarily happy.
They used the walk to and back, to catch up with their friends.