After the Taliban forbade women from working for non-governmental organizations, the Taliban severely restricted women’s freedoms in Afghanistan (NGOs). The Islamist authorities claimed that female NGO workers were disobeying Sharia law by not donning the headscarf. Women who were barred from going
According to authorities, Mark Frerichs, an Illinois Navy veteran, was apprehended on the streets of Kabul by the Haqqani network in 2020. A senior administration official said that Navy veteran Mark Frerichs was released after two and a half years in captivity
