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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86q5yqz0q2o
"I never imagined that the rights of women would be compromised so easily," Malala tells BBC Asian Network."
A lot of girls are finding themselves in a very hopeless, depressing situation where they do not see any way out," the 27-year-old Nobel Prize Winner says. "The future looks very dark to them."
In 2021, the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan, 20 years after a US-led invasion toppled their regime in the fallout of the 9/11 attacks in New York.
In the three-and-a-half years since Western forces left the country, "morality laws" have meant women in Afghanistan have lost dozens of rights. A dress code means they must be fully covered and strict rules have banned them from travelling without a male chaperone or looking a man in the eye unless they're related by blood or marriage. "
The restrictions are just so extreme that it does not even make sense to anybody," says Malala.
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At least they still know what a woman is...