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The 21 million women and girls the world forgot

Aug 13, 202600:31:08News & Politics

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...

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The 21 million women and girls the world forgot is an episode from Today in Focus by The Guardian. Five years after the Taliban retook power, women inside the country explain how they have been silenced, while the Afghan journalist Zahra Jo...

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Published Aug 13, 2026, 00:31:08 long, audio available.

The 21 million women and girls the world forgot

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