Taliban

It's been one year since the Taliban closed girls' schools in Afghanistan. This week, girls' education activist Matiullah Wesa was arrested in Kabul.

Despite massive evacuations after the Taliban takeover in August, many thousands of LGBTQ people remain in Afghanistan fearing for their lives, say two NGOs trying to rescue them. NGO officials and a gay Afghan American helping refugees resettle in California speak about the plight queer Afghans face and how the U.S. and Canadian governments should help.