amy: nina khrushchev, thank you for being with us, international professor at the new school and granddaughterkita khrushchev. a clarification, the u.s. is estimating more than 75,000 russian soldiers have been killed or injured in ukraine. next up, we will go to afghanistan to look at the devastating economic and humanitarian crisis. stay with us. [♪♪] [music break] amy: this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. as we turn to afghanistan, where a new amnesty international report documents a suffocating crackdown on women and girls since the taliban took control of the country, with widespread detention and torture of those who protest the crackdown. one taliban guard told a woman who was beaten in detention, "after protesting, you should have expected days like this." whistleblowers in taliban-run detentions -- detention centers say the taliban is also arresting women and girls on the charge of moral corruption for appearing in public without a male chaperone. the taliban has blocked most women and girls from access to education and the rates of child, early and force