See differences on streets of Kabul 1 year after fall to Taliban

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CNN's Clarissa Ward returns to Kabul, Afghanistan, one year after the city fell to Taliban rule, to report on how Afghan people, and Afghan women specifically, are living and reacting to changes in the country. #CNN #News

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  1. Maybe we should stay home more often, and let the rest of the world sort things out on their own, without our intervention/interference. Don’t we have our own problems to address?

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    1. @mpalfadel2008 scroll up and show me where I’m defending Putin? How is criticizing the US an endorsement for Russia? And this is a video of Afghanistan, a country the US ravaged, so why are you even bringing up Ukraine/Russia anyway?

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    2. @Eric P by implying that the USA is at fault for Russia’s invasion you are repeating Putin’s justification for the war
      You could clear that up right now by acknowledging that Ukraine has the right to self defense and the right in enter or withdrawal from treaties, alliances, and international organizations as it pleases….
      That’s the same right every country has so it shouldn’t be a big deal to acknowledge
      N if you do so then I’m obligated to apologize for misreading your intentions n your rhetoric which I’ll be happy to do so
      I guess we will see which path if any you choose 👍

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    4. @Eric P “I’m no supporter of Putin, but…”
      Ya ya are n that’s ok
      Your well versed in the kremlins talking points as well
      Like I said before you might as well own it

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  2. They should have armed and trained the women. At least the women had a stake in this. The men were happy to go back to oppressing women.

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  3. C. Ward is the truth. Committed to her craft and completely professional in her delivery. Outstanding coverage.

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  4. No, the streets are not “bustling with men and women.” Take a good look at the gender ratio of the people coming and going behind Clarissa. Not a single female for a while then girl appears. A few other women walk cautiously by. Scan back and sure, some women at vendor stand. That’s because it’s the only job they have now. Domestic help. Probably their one outing – to get food. Males first to eat then females if enough leftovers (which is highly unlikely given food shortages). Afghani females will be, however, first to starve.

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    1. @Martha Shandley so smelling 9 years old is Islamic?. Does it occur you it is old Afghan culture than Islamic value or Sharia law?. In India, is arranged marriage religion or culture?. Many society has old culture that didn’t change with time. Thus, culture is culture.

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  5. *What was hidden from us. Video not for children! Watch the video you will be shocked* OVERDAY.ML
    Mr.Dunn – respect for you.

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  7. 3:24 as soon as Clarissa about to say it, a woman covered from head to toe was like 🥷🙈🙊🚶🏾‍♀️💨 out of sight out of mind and away from the camera

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  8. Those two Afghan men at 0:24 need to be careful when holding hands 😬. They don’t care for that behavior over there.

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    2. lol, this is common between friends in Afghanistan and other middle eastern countries, it has nothing to do with mental disorders.

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  10. I had visions of that scarf (because that’s what it is) slipping off the back of Clarissa’s head as she was talking and gesticulating – it was getting awful close to doing so – and her being set upon by the Taliban and marched off to jail. Some religions / most religions / maybe all religions are crazy.

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    1. And in France, if you put a scarf on your head, you could be marched to jail. Funny how culture and laws work, huh?

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  12. At 3:15 you lied by saying Taliban passed a ruling on a full covering of face and that’s a lie, Taliban didn’t pass any ruling as such

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  13. Yes “things are much different here” on the one street they let you film on. This sounds a lot like journalists talking positively about North Korea saying “its not that bad”

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  14. I am so western and used to freedom (mostly, aside from my reproductive rights) as a woman that I just can’t imagine not screaming and flipping my middle finger up. I guess it would be chopped off.

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  17. A little fun fact: King Amanulla prohibited by law compulsory wearing of the burka in 1919. He pushed a modernizing policy,so 100 years later the Taliban is fighting against the current. I’ve been afraid to hope before when it comes to Afghanistan. 2010 was the closest they’d been to the golden age of the 1970s,so recent developments have been heartbreaking. They’ve always been one of the poorest countries financially,but they’re sitting on a mountain of cultural riches. All my musician friends have fled for fear of having their instruments destroyed. When Alexander the Great arrived in Kabul,the city was already a thousand years old. Kabul will be around long after the Taliban are forgotten. The Afghan diaspora must keep their culture alive in exile until the winds change again.

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