{"id":383845,"date":"2026-10-01T16:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/we-witnessed-the-appalling-reality-of-life-for-women-under-the-taliban\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:00:40","slug":"we-witnessed-the-appalling-reality-of-life-for-women-under-the-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/we-witnessed-the-appalling-reality-of-life-for-women-under-the-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"We witnessed the appalling reality of life for women under the Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/1KsKFe24AeE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"We witnessed the appalling reality of life for women under the Taliban\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1KsKFe24AeE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>It is five years since the Taliban banned education for girls over 12 in Afghanistan. <\/p>\n<p>Women are also barred from university, medical training and many jobs.<\/p>\n<p>In this documentary, ITV News International Editor Emma Murphy travelled to Afghanistan to hear from the women and girls whose lives changed forever when US and Nato troops left their country, ushering in a second round of Taliban leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is five years since the Taliban banned education for girls over 12 in Afghanistan. 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