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Mina Ahmed smears a cement mixture to strengthen the walls of her war-ravaged home in rural Afghanistan. Her hands, worn by the labor, are bandaged with plastic scraps and elastic bands, but no matter, she welcomes the new era of peace under the Taliban. She was once apprehensive of the group’s severe style of rule…
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The village of Salar, nearly 70 miles from the capital Kabul, serves as a microcosm of the latest chapter in Afghanistan's history -- the second round of rule by the Taliban -- showing what has changed and what hasn't since their first time in power, in the late 1990s.
SALAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Mina Ahmed, 45, smears a cement mixture to strengthen the walls of her war-ravaged home in rural Afghanistan. Her hands, worn by the labor, are bandaged with plastic scraps and elastic bands, but no matter, she welcomes the new era of peace under the Taliban.
Even in Salar, changes are afoot, beginning with the villagers’ insistence on their local elementary school for girls. That insistence helped push the Taliban to accept a new, small school, funded by international donors.