Afghan women fear “dark days” amid Taliban sweep
An internally displaced school teacher wearing a burqa, left, speaks during an interview inside her tent in a public park in Kabul on August 13. (AP Photo/Rhamat Gul)
It was early evening, and Zahra, her mother, and three sisters were on their way to dinner at another sister’s home when they saw people running and heard gunshots on the street.
“The Taliban are here!” people screamed.
In just a few minutes, everything changed for the 26-year-old resident of Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city.
