From Kabul to the countryside, we’re hearing from women across Afghanistanpublished at 03:00 Greenwich Mean Time
Good morning, it’s almost 07:30 in Kabul – or 03:00 in London – and we are beginning our day of coverage of the lives of Afghan women.
We will be spending the next 12 hours speaking to women across Afghanistan – from the heart of Kabul to the depths of the countryside.
The women and girls who are sharing their lives with us are all ages; they are businesswomen, aspiring doctors, teachers, midwives, artists and athletes.
And they have all spent the last three-and-a-half years living under the Taliban government – a government which has barred access to school for girls over 12, which has placed restrictions on travel without a male chaperone, which has even tried to control how loud they can speak in public.
The restrictions impact almost every part of their lives, and make it difficult to tell their stories. Many of the women we are speaking to today will not be using their own names because they fear getting in trouble.
Today’s live page hopes to give a small window on their world – as told by the women themselves.
So please stay with us as we bring you their stories.