Afghanistan’s leader has exerted full control over a city that once enjoyed looser social norms, even under Taliban rule. Province by province, the Taliban government’s leader, Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada, has tightened his grip over Afghanistan. With a recent show of force in the western city of Herat, he has asserted control over one of the last havens where people ... [1932 chars]
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