Inside a secret school for girls in Afghanistan | CBC News

Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, there has been a crackdown on the rights and freedoms of women in the country.

Despite initially promising that a woman’s right to study and work would be preserved, the Taliban has enacted policies that virtually ban women from public life. Girls are not allowed to continue their education beyond Grade 6. 

Afghan women have pushed back on the restrictions, and this week on Nothing is Foreign, we hear one woman’s story of resistance. Sahar, whose last name we are not disclosing for her safety, teaches at a secret school for girls in Grades 7-12 in Kabul. 

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Nothing is Foreign, a podcast from CBC News and CBC Podcasts, is a weekly trip to where the story is unfolding. It’s hosted by Tamara Khandaker.