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As Taliban advance, Afghan businesswomen fear return of ‘dark era’

As Taliban advance, Afghan businesswomen fear return of ‘dark era’

SHADI KHAN SAIF AS the Taliban rapidly advance across Afghanistan, designer Marzia Hafizi is worried about the survival of her fashion business and of the gains women have made in the last 20 years. Hafizi, 29, opened her clothing store Lora in the capital Kabul in 2018, fulfilling a long-held dream of becoming a businesswoman in her conservative, male-dominated country - an unthinkable feat during Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001. "If the Taliban come back to power and impose their old, dark mentality, I might be forced to leave," Hafizi said, over whirring machines as men and women tailors…
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