As part of ITV News’ investigation into the continuing crackdown on women in Afghan society, a dozen women and girls have spoken up.
Roya met ITV News at night, in secret, to tell of what they face at great risk. She believes the world has forgotten the women of Afghanistan. The burqa isn’t what she would choose to wear, but does so now to protect her identity.
Five years after the Taliban returned to power, ITV News International Editor Emma Murphy asks the question of what women’s roles are in Afghan society to the country’s international spokesman, Abdul Qahar Balkhi, to understand what is happening.
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