The reality for millions of women in Afghanistan is that they have been erased from public life.
There is a ban on women working as doctors, nurses and in other professions. Mothers even are forbidden from taking their children to public parks.
A spokesman for the ruling Taliban regime has told the BBC that women are being granted their rights according to Islamic law.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Yogita Limaye.
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