Tom Sasse, The Economist’s South Asia bureau chief, has just returned from a 1,000km road trip inside Afghanistan. He joins Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief, and a panel of expert journalists to discuss what the country is like today and whether there’s any hope that life for women and girls will improve any time soon.
Friday, August 14, 2026
What’s Life Like as a Woman under the Taliban? | The Economist
August 14, 2026 | It’s been five years since Taliban rule descended on Afghanistan. The regime is one of the world’s most repressive for women and girls: girls are barred from education beyond the age of 11-12; women are banned from most jobs and public life, and the Taliban have passed a law which has, in effect, legalized child marriage.
Tom Sasse, The Economist’s South Asia bureau chief, has just returned from a 1,000km road trip inside Afghanistan. He joins Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief, and a panel of expert journalists to discuss what the country is like today and whether there’s any hope that life for women and girls will improve any time soon.
Tom Sasse, The Economist’s South Asia bureau chief, has just returned from a 1,000km road trip inside Afghanistan. He joins Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief, and a panel of expert journalists to discuss what the country is like today and whether there’s any hope that life for women and girls will improve any time soon.
