but will the rival militias respect the truce? and the kindness of strangers an afghan musician who fled the taliban gifted an antique violin by a stranger in the us. to afghanistan now, where the un says there are signs of recovery in the economy. but it adds they are weak and under threat of being undone by the taliban s recent restrictions on women , working at ngos, which could lead to a significant drop in aid. the taliban have told the bbc that the rules imposed on women are internal matters for the country, and that their government is working to pull the country out of economic collapse. from kabul, the bbc s south asia