Evidence contradicts Taliban’s claim to respect women’s rights

There are signs of a return to something worryingly close to the hardline restrictions of the past across Afghan lifeWhen Taliban fighters moved into Herat city in western Afghanistan last month, one thing mattered more to some of them than the battle itself. As gunmen faced off around the governor’s office, a group of militants came to Shogofa’s* workplace and ordered all the women home.“They hadn’t even taken all the city, but they came to our headquarters. The manager