Afghan women open library to counter growing isolation


  • World
  • Wednesday, 24 Aug 2022

An Afghan woman attends the inauguration of women's library in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan women's rights activists opened a library in Kabul on Wednesday, hoping to provide an oasis for women increasingly cut off from education and public life under the ruling Taliban.

Since taking over Afghanistan a year ago, the Islamist Taliban have said women should not leave the home without a male relative and must cover their faces, though some women in urban centres ignore the rule.

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