With Afghanistan in their grip, the Taliban turn back time

Kiana Hayeri for The New York Times

One ​​year since the Taliban seized power oir, two decades of action in the United States. -funded reforms were reversed by increasing restrictions on daily life.

Women are banned from schools and jobs again.

Music has been banned and beards are compulsory for men - an echo of the first Taliban regime in the 1990s.

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By Christina Goldbaum and David Zucchino

Photographs by the New York Times< /p>August. July 12, 2022Updated 2:27 PM ET

KABUL, Afghanistan — Girls are banned from attending secondary schools and women cannot travel a significant distance without a male relative. Men in government offices are told to grow beards, wear traditional Afghan clothing and prayer caps, and stop working for prayers.

Music is officially banned, and foreign news broadcasts, TV shows and movies have been taken off the public airwaves. At checkpoints along the streets, the morality police chastise women who are not covered from head to toe in burkas and concealed head coverings in public.

A year after the Taliban reign, Afghanistan seemed to be retreating...