Far from Home.

In a country where nearly two-thirds of the population is under 25 years old, members of Afghanistan's young generation particularly flourished during the U.S. and NATO's war against the Taliban, which had ruled the country in the late 1990s before being ousted by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in 2001. For many Afghan women, the Taliban takeover spelled the end of the freedoms they had enjoyed for two decades. Afghanistan in Memory World This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center and in collaboration with Rukhshana Media, an Afghan women's media organization When the Taliban walked into the capital of Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, America's longest war came to an end. [Extracted from the article]

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