Afghanistan is world’s most repressive country for women, says UN

An Afghan woman weaves a carpet at a traditional carpet factory in Kabul, Afghanistan (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls, deprived of many of their basic rights, the United Nations has said.

In a statement released on International Women’s Day, the UN mission said that Afghanistan’s rulers have shown an almost “singular focus on imposing rules that leave most women and girls effectively trapped in their homes”.