AFGHAN WOMEN RETURN TO WORK

Less than a month after the Taliban rolled into the Afghan capital, Rabia Jamal made a tough decision — she would brave the storm and return to work at the airport.

With the Islamists saying women should stay at home for their own security the risks were all too clear, but the 35-yearold mother of three felt she had little choice. “I need money to support my family,” said Rabia. “I felt tension at home ...

I felt very bad,” she told AFP. “Now I feel better.”

Of the more than 80 women working at the airport before Kabul fell to the Taliban on August 15, just 12 have returned to their jobs.