<p>In the weeks leading up to their return to power, the Taliban's leadership have strived to portray a softer image than when they last ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001.</p>.<p>But women struggle to take comfort from such assurances.</p>.<p>Under the hardline version of sharia law that the Taliban imposed the last time they controlled the capital, women and girls were mostly denied education or employment.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/afghan-womens-rights-in-firing-line-as-taliban-return-to-power-1020287.html" target="_blank"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
<p>In the weeks leading up to their return to power, the Taliban's leadership have strived to portray a softer image than when they last ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001.</p>.<p>But women struggle to take comfort from such assurances.</p>.<p>Under the hardline version of sharia law that the Taliban imposed the last time they controlled the capital, women and girls were mostly denied education or employment.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/afghan-womens-rights-in-firing-line-as-taliban-return-to-power-1020287.html" target="_blank"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
