[DOC] [TLE] My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young ... [PAR] Born into a middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980, Latifa had a 
conventional childhood. ... All the discussions about burqa's, voiles, women 
covering their head. ..... sort of earth stopping news in the book My Forbidden 
Face written by Latifa. ..... growing up in Afghanistan when the Taliban have 
taken over the country. [DOC] [TLE] I. The Taliban's War Against Women - US Department of State [PAR] Prior to the rise of the Taliban, women in Afghanistan were protected under law ... 
There was a mood of tolerance and openness as the country began moving ... 
The Taliban first became prominent in 1994 and took over the Afghan capital, 
Kabul, in 1996. ... tent-like full-body outer garment that covers them from head to 
toe. [DOC] [TLE] Taliban - Wikipedia [PAR] The Taliban (Pashto:    libn "students"), alternatively spelled Taleban, 
is an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan currently waging 
war (an insurgency, or jihad) within that country. From 1996 to 2001, it held 
power in Afghanistan and enforced a strict ... Al-Qaeda also supported the 
Taliban with fighters from Arab countries and... [DOC] [TLE] Afghan Civil War (19962001) - Wikipedia [PAR] The Afghan Civil War fought between 1996 and 2001 was part of the wider War 
in Afghanistan ongoing since 1978. In 1996 the Taliban captured the Afghan 
capital Kabul and established the .... In public, women had to be covered from 
head to toe in a burqa  a .... Abu Usman succeeded him as the new leader of the 
IMU. [DOC] [TLE] John F. Burns of The New York Times - The Pulitzer Prizes [PAR] A year ago, when the Taliban forces first pushed to the gates of Kabul, many in 
the ... the militants drove back up the road to Kabul and threatened to overrun the 
..... a gown that covers a woman from head to toe, allowing her to see only 
through ..... emerging from Afghanistan's chaos as the country's new ruler, 
winning glory... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about HISTORIC LEADERS - StudyStack [PAR] A TRADITION OF THIS AFRICAN COUNTRY IS THAT RULERS WERE OFTEN 
CALLED ... IN 1996, THIS COUNTRY'S NEW RULERS, THE TALIBAN, FORCED 
KABUL'S WOMEN TO COVER UP FROM HEAD TO TOE, AFGHANISTAN. [DOC] [TLE] Campaign for Afghan Women & Girls - Taliban & Women - Feminist ... [PAR] Under Taliban rule women were stripped of all human rights - their work, visibility, 
... When they took control in 1996, the Taliban initially imposed strict edicts that: ... 
visible windows of women's houses painted black and forced women to wear the 
... In Kabul and other cities, a few home schools for girls operated in secret. [DOC] [TLE] Bush, Burqas and the Oppression of Afghan Women - RAWA [PAR] Women and girls today constitute some 60% of the Afghan population, the male 
population ... Specifically, the new rulers intended to promote universal, 
coeducational, primary schooling. ... The Taliban took Kabul in September 1996. 
.... The head-to-toe garment is a protection from rape, as well as an emblem of 
oppression. [DOC] [TLE] About Face for Afghan Women - TIME [PAR] Nov 25, 2001 ... An inside look at how women fared under Taliban oppression and what the ... the 
city, a few brave women have shed the burka--the head-to-toe garment, ... In a 
country where people were required to paint their windows black so ... Islam's 
most holy place, then why must we cover ourselves in Afghanistan? [DOC] [TLE] The Long, Long Struggle for Women's Rights in Afghanistan ... [PAR] Today the burqa stands as a symbol of the status of women in Afghanistan, but 
for much of the twentieth century the history of women in this war-torn country led 
... in Kabul repeal a repressive new law that went so far as to permit marital rape. 
... gown that hangs from a hat to completely cover everything from head to toe. [DOC] [TLE] Ms. Magazine Online |

Question: In 1996 this country's new rulers, the Taliban, forced Kabul's women to cover up from head to toe
Answer: Afghanistan