Afghan women fear return to 'dark days' amid Taliban sweep
Zarmina Kakar a women's rights activist cry during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. Kakar was a year old when the Taliban entered Kabul the first time in 1996, and recalled a time when her mother took her out to buy her ice cream, back when the Taliban ruled. Her mother was whipped by a Taliban fighter for revealing her face for a couple of minutes. “Today again, I feel that if Taliban come to power, we will return back to the same dark days,” she said.(AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
By ZEINA KARAM and AHMAD SEIR
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — It was early evening and Zahra, her mother and three sisters were on their way to dinner at another sister's home when they saw people running and heard gunshots on the street....
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