Complex sentence: During the Taliban's rule, women in Afghanistan were essentially put under house arrest and women who once held respectable positions were forced to wander the streets in their burqas selling everything they owned and begging in order to survive.
Split into simpler sentences: During the Taliban's rule, women in Afghanistan were essentially put under house arrest. Under the Taliban's rule, women who once held respectable positions were now forced to wander around the streets in their burqas selling everything they owned and begging in order to survive.