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AFGHANIST-SHIBERGHAN-GIRL SCHOOL

(220227) -- SHIBERGHAN, Feb. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2022 shows a classroom of a school for girls in Aqcha district of Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. An Afghan woman has helped in constructing a school for girls in the country's northern Jawzjan province, which has been welcomed by Afghans as an initiative towards developing education in the country. TO GO WITH "Afghan woman builds girls' school in far-flanged district" (Photo by Qamaruddin Poya/Xinhua)

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AFGHANIST-SHIBERGHAN-GIRL SCHOOL

(220227) -- SHIBERGHAN, Feb. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2022 shows the construction site of a school for girls in Aqcha district of Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. An Afghan woman has helped in constructing a school for girls in the country's northern Jawzjan province, which has been welcomed by Afghans as an initiative towards developing education in the country. TO GO WITH "Afghan woman builds girls' school in far-flanged district" (Photo by Qamaruddin Poya/Xinhua)

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Women Started Online Twitter Campaign - Afghanistan

★Proud to be a woman, No matter which country you belong Stand up for women around the world Take a photo and hashtag Do Not Touch My Clothes. Afghan women have started an online Twitter campaign to protest the Taliban's female dress code by posting photos with traditional clothes. The photos went viral with a hashtag: #DoNotTouchMyClothes. That hashtag and #AfghanistanCulture soon became a worldwide trend on social media. It all started with one photograph from Dr Bahar Jalali, a former history professor at the American University in Afghanistan. The photos, the hashtags and the viral online campaign soon became a global protest- where Afghan women were saying 'No' to the Taliban diktat on clothes. Dr Bahar Jalali, an Afghan historian and gender studies expert, posted the first photo using the #DoNotTouchMyClothes hashtag, which has since inspired Afghan women across the globe. Afghanist

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19 S. Korean hostages make home after 6-week ordeal in Afghanist

SEOUL, South Korea - A woman hostage (L) released by Afghanistan's Taliban militants after a six-week ordeal melts into tears as she is met by her family member at a hospital outside Seoul on Sept. 2. (Kyodo)

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19 S. Korean hostages make home after 6-week ordeal in Afghanist

SEOUL, South Korea - Some of the 19 South Korean hostages released by Afghanistan's Taliban militants hold a press conference after landing at Incheon International Airport outside Seoul on Sept. 2. ''We are sorry for causing you trouble,'' Yu Kyeong Sik (2nd from left), said on behalf of the group. ''We are thankful for all of those who have helped us come home safely.'' (Kyodo)

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19 S. Korean hostages make home after 6-week ordeal in Afghanist

SEOUL, South Korea - Two women hostages released by Afghanistan's Taliban militants after a six-week ordeal hug each other in tears on their way to a hospital by bus from at Incheon International Airport outside Seoul on Sept. 2. (Kyodo)

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19 S. Korean hostages make home after 6-week ordeal in Afghanist

SEOUL, South Korea - Nineteen South Korean hostages released by Afghanistan's Taliban militants arrive at Incheon International Airport outside Seoul on Sept. 2, returning home after a six-week ordeal. (Kyodo)

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19 S. Korean hostages make home after 6-week ordeal in Afghanist

SEOUL, South Korea - Some of the women hostages released by Afghanistan's Taliban militants after a six-week ordeal are moved to tears on their way to a hospital by bus from Incheon International Airport outside Seoul on Sept. 2. (Kyodo)