In this photograph taken on April 3, 2024, Shirin who enrolled for a master's degree online, draws the curtains of a window during an interview with AFP in Kabul. In December 2021, the Taliban government made it compulsory for any woman travelling on any journey longer than 72 kilometres (45 miles) to be accompanied by a mahram. "A lot of women don't have a man at home," said Shirin, 25, who is studying for a master's degree online after being banned by the authorities from university. Last year, Shirin said Taliban authorities broke up a picnic outing because she and other women members of her family were in a minibus driven by their cousin -- the only man, and not a mahram. (Photo by AFP)