A United Nations report released in July showed the number of women and children killed and injured increased in May and June. According to Shabia Mantoo, United Nations refugee agency’s spokesperson, 80 per cent of the nearly 250,000 people who fled from Afghanistan in May and June were women and children. Start Now"Please spare a thought for the people women and girls of Afghanistan. In 1996 and 2001, when the Taliban last held power in Afghanistan, women were the most impacted group of people. I asked a neighbour, another woman, to walk with me to the doctor in central Kabul,” she told The Atlantic.

Source: Standard Digital August 17, 2021 12:22 UTC