Un joven de Bamián fue asesinado por personas desconocidas

BAMYAN, AFGHANISTAN -- SEPTEMBER 4, 2022: Taliban morality police patrol the streets to enforce dress attire and conduct as laid up by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, through downtown Bamyan, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. A year after the precipitous fall of the U.S.-backed republic and the TalibanÕs ascension to power, many women across Afghanistan are grappling with the Islamic militantsÕ hard-line vision for the country and its plan to rewind the clock not only on their education but their very presence in public life. Bamyan, a breathtakingly beautiful central Afghan province dominated by the Hazara, a mostly Shiite Muslim minority that has faced persecution from the Taliban, wholeheartedly enlisted in AmericaÕs project. Rather than monochromatic full-body coverings, women here wore colorful headÊscarves and even now still dare to show their faces on the street, despite the occasional admonishment from the TalibanÕs morality police. During the republicÕs time, they took full advantage of the opportunities afforded by the U.S.-led invasion to become doctors, lawyers, soldiers and journalists. (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES)