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Afghans say they feel safer but less hopeful under Taliban rule

After six months of Taliban rule, many Afghans say they feat for their economic future of lack of personal freedoms.

Afghanistan has undergone a dramatic transformation in half a year of Taliban rule.

The country feels safer, less violent than it has in decades, but the once aid-fueled economy is . Tens of thousands of Afghans have fled or have been evacuated, including large numbers of the educated elites. They either for their economic future or lack of freedom under a group that ascribes to a strict interpretation of Islam

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