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Welcome to AFGHAN DISPATCHES 07 with DIVA PATANG (https://twitter.com/DivaPatang?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) and ChromeRadio's CATRIONA OLIPHANT (https://chromemedia.co.uk/). On 22 June 2022, eastern Afghanistan was hit by the deadliest earthquake in two decades. Already in the grips of a deepening humanitarian crisis, the country is now struggling – with the help of international agencies - to provide disaster relief to the region. But the Afghan economy is verging on collapse as a result of sanctions and the freezing of the country’s overseas assets following the Taliban takeover last August. Compounding this is the Taliban’s gradual exclusion of women from the country’s workforce: women represent nearly 50% of the country’s population and before the Taliban takeover last August made a significant contribution to its economy. In this podcast, we explore the impact of the Taliban’s restrictions on women for the country’s economy and for society more generally. We begin wit