The Taliban banned Afghan girls from school. Low-paid carpet weaving is now their lifeline
Source: BBC
The Taliban banned Afghan girls from school. Low-paid carpet weaving is now their lifeline
15 April 2025
Mahjooba Nowrouzi
BBC Afghan Service
Reporting from Kabul
At a workshop in Kabul where carpets are made, hundreds of women and girls work in a cramped space, the air thick and stifling.
Among them is 19-year-old Salehe Hassani. "We girls no longer have the chance to study," she says with a faltering smile. "The circumstances have taken that from us, so we turned to the workshop."
Since the Taliban seized power in 2021, girls over the age of 12 have been barred from getting an education, and women from many jobs.
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The lack of opportunities, coupled with the dire economic situation the country faces, have pushed many into long, laborious days of carpet weaving - one of the few trades the Taliban government allows women to work in.
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