Nearly a year since the Taliban seized power, new restrictions have reshaped the social fabric of the city. Schools and jobs are again off-limits for women, music has been banned, and beards are mandatory for men just as it was in the 1990s.
The militant group in charge of the country is aggressively enforcing a decree requiring coverings from head to toe and crushing rare public protests against the order.
Afghanistan marked International Women's Day in muted fashion Tuesday, with activists cowed by the threat of arrest or detention at the hands of the country's new Taliban rulers.