EPISODE · Aug 13, 2026 · 31 MIN
The 21 million women and girls the world forgot
from Today in Focus · host The Guardian
Five years after the Taliban retook power, women inside the country explain how they have been silenced, while the Afghan journalist Zahra Joya asks why the world has looked away. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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