Afghan earthquake triggers contradictory Taliban tactics on rescuing women

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Afghan women and their children at Mazar Dara village after a 6-magnitude earthquake on August 31. More than 800 people have died and over 2,700 were injured in eastern Afghanistan from the quake and aftershocks.

The Taliban responded with contradictory stances in the effort to rescue women and girls who were wounded and left homeless. That's a reflection of tensions between hardliners and pragmatists.

(Image credit: Wakil Kohsar/AFP)

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