not an American concern. On Sunday, January 26, 2014 6:29:28 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/know-how-women-lived-in-afghanistan-before-taliban-rule-15883.html > > > > *Know how women lived in Afghanistan before Taliban rule (watch pics)* > > *India TV World Desk* [ Updated 25 Jan 2014, 15:13:02 ] > > [image: Know how women lived in Afghanistan before Taliban rule (watch > pics)] > > [image: > http://www.indiatvnews.com/images/print.png]PRINT<http://www.indiatvnews.com/print/news/know-how-women-lived-in-afghanistan-before-taliban-rule-15883-2.html> > > FONT SIZE > > [image: > http://static.indiatvnews.com/aplus.gif]<http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/know-how-women-lived-in-afghanistan-before-taliban-rule-15883.html#a>[image: > > http://static.indiatvnews.com/aminus.gif]<http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/know-how-women-lived-in-afghanistan-before-taliban-rule-15883.html#a> > > *New Delhi: *Women in Afghanistan were brutally repressed under Taliban > rule from 1996 to 2001. Now it has been more than 10 years since the end > of Taliban rule but women and girls are still jailed for running away from > domestic violence or forced marriages. > > Last year a report by Human Rights Watch revealed that women in > Afghanistan are jailed for fleeing abusive husbands, being raped or being > forced into prostitution. > > But women’s lives in Afghanistan were very different before the Taliban > took over the nation. > > Under Taliban rule, women were not allowed to be in direct contact with > males other than a close “blood relative”, husband, and were forced to > wear burqas and there were severe restrictions on freedom of movement. > > Pictures by Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi show they women here were once able > to study, wear skirts and mix freely with men. > > Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi, who was born in Kabul in Afghanistan, and went > on to become an engineering professor at San Jose State University, wrote a > photo-essay book called Once Upon A Time in Afghanistan that documented how > life before the Taliban used to be very different for women. > > *Here are pictures which show how free were women in Afghanistan before > Taliban rule:* > > > > *1** 2 > <http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/know-how-women-lived-in-afghanistan-before-taliban-rule-15883.html?page=2> > > 3 > <http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/know-how-women-lived-in-afghanistan-before-taliban-rule-15883.html?page=3> > > 4 > <http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/know-how-women-lived-in-afghanistan-before-taliban-rule-15883.html?page=4> > > 5 > <http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/know-how-women-lived-in-afghanistan-before-taliban-rule-15883.html?page=5> > > 6 > <http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/know-how-women-lived-in-afghanistan-before-taliban-rule-15883.html?page=6> > > 7 > <http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/know-how-women-lived-in-afghanistan-before-taliban-rule-15883.html?page=7> > > 8 > <http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/know-how-women-lived-in-afghanistan-before-taliban-rule-15883.html?page=8> > > 9 > <http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/know-how-women-lived-in-afghanistan-before-taliban-rule-15883.html?page=9> > > 10 > <http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/know-how-women-lived-in-afghanistan-before-taliban-rule-15883.html?page=10> > > 11 > <http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/know-how-women-lived-in-afghanistan-before-taliban-rule-15883.html?page=11> > > 12 > <http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/know-how-women-lived-in-afghanistan-before-taliban-rule-15883.html?page=12> > > NEXT > <http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/know-how-women-lived-in-afghanistan-before-taliban-rule-15883.html?page=2> > > * > > > > > __._,_.___ > > > > > > __,_._,___ > > >
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