{"id":370479,"date":"2026-08-15T19:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/afghan-women-on-impact-of-taliban-afghanistan-taliban\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T19:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T18:00:04","slug":"afghan-women-on-impact-of-taliban-afghanistan-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/afghan-women-on-impact-of-taliban-afghanistan-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan women on impact of Taliban #Afghanistan #Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/Yfeg5ncjAYU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Afghan women on impact of Taliban #Afghanistan #Taliban\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yfeg5ncjAYU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>It has been five years since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the United Nations says the Taliban have issued decrees targeting women and girls, including excluding them from secondary education and stripping them of rights and freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>We interviewed Afghan women about how the Taliban takeover has impacted their lives. 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