Khujasta Kabiri is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Radio Azadi in Kabul.
The Taliban has banned women from visiting one of Afghanistan's most popular national parks, in the latest attempt to shut out women from public life. The ban has prompted widespread anger, with one Afghan woman telling RFE/RL's Radio Azadi that it was "illogical and inhumane."
Women’s Day is intended to be a day of celebration of women around the world. In Afghanistan, it is a reminder of the violent resistance to girls and women seeking an education, and the highs and ultimate crushing low they have endured in pursuit of an inalienable right.
Afghan women and girls are turning to virtual learning amid the Taliban's ban on education. RFE/RL's Radio Azadi interviewed those behind Afghanistan Online University, which offers Afghan women free online university courses. But power and Internet outages are undercutting the university's reach.
