Afghanistan: Girls driven to low-paid carpet weaving after school ban

"The lack of opportunities, coupled with the dire economic situation the country faces, have pushed many into long, laborious days of carpet weaving - one of the few trades the Taliban government allows women to work in."

This is very sad to me. I spent some of my time out there helping their schools build up and saw the transition to allow girls to attend. So much progress was being made in Afghanistan until Biden made one of the worst decisions in US history to pull out when he did. They had a long way to go, but most politicians (including Biden) committed to this early on before they allowed party politics to decide for them. What we did to Afghanistan by withdrawing was tragic. To this day I still see the faces of the girls (and boys) we met while handing them new desks, chairs, school supplies, etc.

Before the trash of a withdrawal we made I know at least one company was trying to do something with the female workforce over there as well as to help drive the country away from cultivating opium.

Rumi Spice. Idea was and still is to cultivate saffron which is regarded as the most expensive spice in the world, pound for pound. They've expanded to offering more than just saffron. What I don't know is if they were able to protect the females under their employment.