Sabar Bano, 45, walks through a destroyed section of Dahan-e-Seli in Baghlan, Afghanistan on November 6, 2024. Her husband died while he prayed for everyone’s survival during a flash flood that swept through the village, killing thirteen. A neighbor managed to help her and her children escape. At this moment, all of the men in the village were away at a wedding so the women could not leave the community. Women need a mahram, or a male chaperone, with them when they leave the village. With her husband gone, she must have her ten-year-old son chaperone her outside of her home. Three years after their takeover of Afghanistan, the Taliban has implemented dozens of new laws and restrictions against women. Requiring women to have a male chaperone whenever they leave their home, banning them from public spaces, limiting access to education, preventing them from holding jobs, and silencing their voices. This has left women with little hope for the future. This story, done in part despite a ban on photographing living beings, is a rare look at some of the issues Afghan women face under these new Taliban laws.

BAGHLAN, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 6:Women gather separately from men as they hope to get aid in Baghlan, Afghanistan on November 6, 2024. With the ban on women working and restrictions on NGO's, mothers and widows often have trouble supporting their children. Women tend to keep separate from men, even in open spaces. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post)

A Taliban flag flies as a man fires rounds from an AK-47 out of the window of a vehicle leading a wedding procession through a dust storm in Baghlan, Afghanistan on November 6, 2024. Arranged marriages are common and Taliban bans on girls' education put them at increased risk of child marriage.

Rather than watching the violent clashes on horseback, hundreds of men stare at the only woman in attendance during a buzkashi tournament in Baghlan, Afghanistan on November 7, 2024. Often threatened with arrest for trying, women are banned from attending many public events and spaces.

Hadi peeks out as Asadulla Qemati checks on a family whose home recently flooded, marked by the dark line on the wall, in Herat, Afghanistan on May 9, 2024. Women spend most of their time behind the privacy walls of their homes, where men outside of their family are generally not allowed.

Flash floods hit the area damaging homes and destroying crops. Flash floods are increasing in Afghanistan. During this flood event, more than 300 people died across the country.

Somayah Mohammadi, center, poses for a portrait in front of her loom with her children Zahra, 1, Umra and Hadi in their home, which recently flooded, in Herat, Afghanistan on May 9, 2024. Flash floods hit the area damaging homes and destroying crops. The dark line on the wall marks how high the water rose. Flash floods are increasing in Afghanistan. During this flood event, more than 300 people died across the country. Weaving rugs at home is one of the few ways women can still work with the bans on most jobs for women.

Schoolboys with UNICEF backpacks walk past as Taliban police officers prepare to raid and destroy an opium poppy field in Parwan province, Afghanistan on May 18, 2024. Girls are banned from attending school after sixth grade, severely limiting their opportunities outside of marriage. As climate change impacts resources for families, especially in rural communities, this can put pressure on children to enter the workforce early and leave the education system.

Recently returned refugees, who first fled the war in Afghanistan and then said they fled climate challenges in Pakistan, stand in a refugee camp in Kandahar, Afghanistan on May 7, 2024. Temperatures in the last fifty years increased by up to 4.3 degrees Fahrenheit in southern Afghanistan. Female refugees in Afghanistan return to one of the most restrictive countries on earth for women's rights.

A young girl points at a Taliban police officer standing guard at a checkpoint in Kandahar, Afghanistan on May 7, 2024. Taliban checkpoints are used to check for security threats, illicit goods, and violations of Taliban laws, such as wearing an improper hijab. Checkpoints are also frequent targets for militant groups like ISIS.

A woman in a burqa walks with her son through Kabul, Afghanistan on October 30, 2024. As Afghans living abroad return to visit relatives for the first time since the Taliban takeover, few seem concerned about the women living under increasingly severe restrictions. As climate issues in rural, agricultural areas worsen, families are moving to cities like Kabul to work.