Women artists smuggle paintings out of Afghanistan to Germany to exhibit life under Taliban

A group of women artists have recently managed to smuggle collections of artwork out of Afghanistan to Germany to hold an exhibition, depicting the oppressive state of women and girls under Taliban rule.

These artists, who fled to Germany following the Taliban takeover in August 2021, broke the Taliban’s strict rules to move their paintings out of the country despite extreme risks, but they say saving the artworks was worth it.