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Women's rights in Afghanistan are severely restricted by that country's Taliban regime, which is overwhelmingly unrecognized by the international community. In 2023, the United Nations termed Afghanistan under Taliban as the world's most repressive country for women. Since the US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban gradually imposed many restrictions on women's freedom of movement, education, and employment. Women are banned from studying in secondary schools and universities, making Afghanistan the only country to prohibit women from studying beyond the sixth grade. Women are not allowed in parks, gyms, or beauty salons. Taliban forbid them from going outside for a walk or exercise, from speaking or showing any part of their face or body outside the home, or even from singing or reading from within their own homes if they could be heard by strangers outside. In extreme cases, women have reportedly being subjected to rape and torture in Taliban prisons.
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