
15/09/2025
AFGHANISTAN women in 1970’S vs. AFGHANISTAN women now.
Afghanistan in the 1970s, despite being poor and having internal instability, had a more secular and less restrictive society for women compared to the current era, which is characterized by severe Taliban-imposed restrictions, particularly on women's rights, extreme poverty, a decimated economy, and ongoing political instability after decades of war, coups, and invasions.