The Philadelphia Inquirer
01 January, 1997
A woman prepares to leave home. Dress conventions for women in Afghanistan were profoundly affected by the government takeover of 1996. When the strict Islamic Taliban movement came to power all women were required to cloak themselves in the burkas.
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