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Since 2021, when U.S. troops pulled out of Afghanistan and the Taliban quickly regained control,
it's the women of Afghanistan who have borne the worst costs.
The Taliban tightly controls where they can go,
what they can wear, and even how loudly they can speak.
Teenage girls are not allowed to go to school,
let alone university, and women can't take on most jobs.
For pregnant women in a country where maternal mortality rates are already high,
before an aid has been a lifeline.
The U.S. alone has sent more than $3 billion to Afghanistan in the past four years.
That is, until earlier this year, when the Trump administration cut nearly all of that aid.
From the BBC, I'm Asma Khalid, and today on The Global Story,