Gula's National Geographic cover photo was seen around the world. In this image from 2016, a book shop owner shows a copy of the magazine from his collection in Islamabad. (B.K. Bangash/The Associated Press) In 2016, Pakistan arrested Gula for forging a national identity card in an effort to live in the country. Then-Afghan president Ashraf Ghani welcomed her back and promised to give her an apartment to ensure she "lives with dignity and security in her homeland." Since seizing power, Taliban leaders have said they would respect women's rights in accordance with sharia, or Islamic, law. But under Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001, women could not work and girls were banned from school. Women had to cover their faces and be accompanied by a male relative when they left home. What's happening to the people of Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover?
