article_snippet: Under the Taliban in the 1990s, women in Afghanistan were .
article_snippet: Women's rights have made gains since the hardline Islamist .
article_snippet: group's ouster in 2001, but observers worry that progress is at . risk as violence against women persists and women remain .
article_snippet: under-represented in politics. '
article_snippet: amid Taliban threats and a shortage of players.
article_snippet: Despite the progress of the team, observers worry gender-based violence persists and women remain under-represented in politics in Afghanistan .