In the six weeks since the Taliban took over Kabul, life has changed in the Afghan capital. New restrictions have been felt most by women: High school girls haven’t been allowed back to class. Female city government employees have been told to stay home.http://apne.ws/0jOkp5f
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In the streets, the most blaring change is the presence of the Taliban themselves. One evening, a group of Taliban fighters guarded a building painted with a mural of a woman behind barbed wire, originally made to comment on the harshness of war. http://apne.ws/grHEpsZ pic.twitter.com/mfd84FQy7f
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Other scenes show signs of the growing economic desperation in Afghanistan, where the U.N. warns 97% of people could be below the poverty level by the end of the year. See more AP Photos from Kabul: http://apne.ws/D6rBEoX pic.twitter.com/ayAKZ5Nl52
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