‘I Cannot Believe Them’: Women in Afghanistan Skeptical Of Taliban’s Promises

‘Times have changed’: some Afghan women defiant as Taliban return. They have reacted with skepticism to a promise by the Taliban that it would respect their rights “within the limits of Islam.” Members of the militant group made the comments during their first press conference after seizing the Afghan capital, Kabul. Taliban leaders have made reassurances in the build-up up to and aftermath of their stunning conquest of Afghanistan that girls and women would have the right to work and education, although they have come with caveats. Some women have already been ordered from their jobs during the chaos of…