A year after Taliban's return, some women fight for lost freedoms

Golestan Safari, 45, walks back from work to her house in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara

KABUL (Reuters) - Monesa Mubarez is not going to give up the rights she and other Afghan women won during 20 years of Western-backed rule easily.

Before the hardline Islamist Taliban movement swept back to power a year ago, the 31-year-old served as a director of policy monitoring at the finance ministry.