Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women.

As the Taliban begins enforcing new draconian laws, Afghan ... dress than the ones mandated by the Taliban. Many of the Taliban’s beliefs are partly rooted in centuries-old Pashtun culture ...

Afghan commanders who fought in the resistance were notorious for keeping young boys as their personal possessions, treating them as status symbols as well as objects of abuse. When the Taliban ...