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Taliban Bans Contraception in Afghanistan as a ‘Western Conspiracy’

‘CHECKING EVERY PHARMACY’

Pharmacists say they’ve been ordered at gunpoint to stop supplying birth control.

Dan Ladden-Hall

Dan Ladden-Hall

Breaking News Editor

Published Feb. 17 2023 10:24AM EST

Members of the Taliban ride atop a military vehicle on the first anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 31, 2022. — Ali Khara/Reuters

Dan Ladden-Hall

Dan Ladden-Hall

Breaking News Editor

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