''Growing up in Afghanistan, it was all about war, it was very difficult to be a women...''

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''Growing up in Afghanistan, it was all about war, it was very difficult to be a women...''

We’ve been hearing worrying reports from Afghanistan as the Taliban have now seized the country's second largest city Kandahar which is the latest provincial capital to fall. We wanted to get a deeper understanding of what is actually happening there and what it’s like to live in Afghanistan especially as a woman. Sharifa Wasie who is from Afghanistan and now living in Dublin and Navila, also an Afghan woman living in Ireland, joined Andrea on the show... Listen and subscribe to Lunchtime Live on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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''Growing up in Afghanistan, it was all about war, it was very difficult to be a women...''