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  • WORLD On International Women's Day, Afghan women blast the Taliban and say the world has "neglected us completely"

    03/08/2023 12:35:12 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 16 replies
    CBS New ^ | MARCH 8, 2023 | SAMI YOUSAFZAI
    Islamabad — As the world marks International Women's Day on Wednesday, the women of Afghanistan have little to celebrate. The Taliban regime has methodically stripped them of their basic rights since reclaiming power over the country in the summer of 2021. Forced from most workplaces and higher education, many women with the means to do so have left their country, and thousands now live as refugees in neighboring Pakistan. Journalist and television presenter Nafeesa Malali is among them. She now lives in a small apartment in a remote corner of Pakistan's sprawling capital, Islamabad. As she spoke to CBS News,...