As the world’s focus has shifted to other regions and conflicts — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war — the ...

In a country where women are banned from talking loudly in public and even looking out of the windows, one of the few female ...

and she was forced to dress in long black clothes to detract any unwanted attention. “There weren’t a lot of women in Afghanistan guiding tours, and it was a very challenging job for women to ...

It is one of the few places in Afghanistan where women like her can work since the Taliban came back into power in 2021. "When I worked in a beauty salon, it was good," she said. "The pay was good.