In early July, as Taliban insurgents were seizing territory from government forces across Afghanistan, fighters from the group walked into the offices of Azizi Bank in the southern city of Kandahar and ordered nine women working there to leave.
Under the group's strict interpretation of Islamic law, women could not work, girls were not allowed to attend school and women had to cover their face and be accompanied by a male relative if they wanted to venture out of their homes.
Three Taliban fighters carrying guns entered the branch, admonishing female employees for showing their faces in public. Women there quit, sending male relatives in their place. "After the establishment of the Islamic system, it will be decided according to the law, and God willing, there will be no problems," he said.that the Taliban will roll back many of the freedoms won by women.
"The Taliban will regress freedom at all levels and that is what we are fighting against," an Afghan government spokesperson said.
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