Sanam, 18, says of life under Taliban rule in Herat that "the city is still there, but they took the air we can breathe." In an interview with "Le Monde" she and several other women talked about the fear of arrest, secret training, exclusion from social life and the hope of leaving Afghanistan.

Sanam, 18, says of life under Taliban rule in Herat that "the city is still there, but they took the air we can breathe." In an interview with "Le Monde" she and several other women talked about the fear of arrest, secret training, exclusion from social life and the hope of leaving Afghanistan.