Word: purdah
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...still fighting to extend its harsh rule over the entire nation. In the past year, the women of Afghanistan have endured extraordinary hardship, and last week's incident proved that the Taliban has no intention of easing the stern commandments that have virtually locked women away in a modern purdah...