- 21st Century Afghan Women Pushed by Sharia in the Middle Ages
It is now common knowledge that a coup has taken place in Afghanistan. The Taliban have regained power in Kabul after a two-decade hiatus. Taliban fighters have taken control of every gate in Kabul and a curfew has been imposed since 9 p.m. People have been rushing to leave the country since the Taliban captured Kabul. And what about ordinary people when President Ashraf Ghani himself is said to have fled Kabul and fled to Tajikistan. The Taliban have been active in occupying the whole of Afghanistan since the United States officially announced a ceasefire in the two-decade-long Afghan war and began withdrawing its troops in May. At the same time, the brutality of these extremists made the Afghan people tremble. The condition of the women here in particular was becoming extremely pitiable. Breaking into people's homes, picking up women and girls in front of family members and arranging their marriages with Taliban youths. What will happen now if this was the case when he did not occupy Kabul? The people of Afghanistan are trembling with concern. And their fears about women have come true. The Taliban have imposed medieval rules on women. He has re-enforced the same rules that he observed in his rule between 19 and 2001, strictly Sharia, or Islamic law, after he took over Kabul. These rules include that women cannot go to work, girls cannot go to school and women cannot go out of the house without covering their faces, etc. A number of other inhumane rules have been imposed on women in Afghanistan. According to these rules
* Women can only leave the house with someone who has a blood relationship. And even wearing a veil.
* Women should not wear shoes that men can hear. He was therefore banned from wearing high heels.
* No woman should speak so loudly in a public place that her voice is heard by a man.
* No one can see the women in the house by looking up from the street, so the people living on the ground floor and first floor should paint the windows of their house and put curtains on it.
* Women cannot take photos of themselves or print them in newspapers and books. Similarly, a photo shoot cannot be shown at home or in stores.
* Order was issued to erase any place where 'woman' is written. A woman's name cannot be written anywhere.
* Women-girls cannot come on the balcony of their house.
* Women are exposed to radio, TV. And has been banned from attending public ceremonies.
* The shocking thing is that ever since the radical Taliban began occupying Afghanistan, women have been punished for expressing their views, working with men, and dressing outside of traditional attire. While they are being stoned to death for adultery.
The shocking thing is that now the Taliban are going from house to house compiling a list of girls and women between the ages of 15 and 6. According to a report, he is being married off to 'Islamic warriors'. Taliban commanders have demanded that unmarried girls be married off to their "warriors" after the Taliban seized control of several provincial capitals in recent times. According to human rights groups, this is a form of sexual violence.
The Taliban have closed schools. Girls are not allowed to enter universities or workplaces. As a result, the careers of women already working in the field of journalism, medicine or education are being severely damaged. In fact, women working in such diverse fields, along with their male counterparts, had a ladder that could pave the way for the progress of the next generation of girls. But all they have done is dust. Now Afghan girls feel that their education, their ambitions, will be a gift to the Taliban.
Zahra, a 6-year-old girl, says the Taliban stormed her hometown of Herat. After capturing this third largest city in Afghanistan, he hoisted his white flag with the Islamic proclamation. I am associated with a volunteer organization working for human rights. I am deeply shocked by the sanctions imposed by the Taliban and what they are doing to women. I can no longer get out of the house to work against the violence I used to work against. Do I have to stay at home like this?
In July, the Taliban stormed a bank in the cities of Kandahar and Herat, picking up female employees at gunpoint and taking them home. At the same time, they were threatened not to return to work.
One of the three-year-olds says it is shocking that we have been denied work. I learned English and also learned computer. But now I am suddenly stuck at home. Now I have to find a job where only women work.
- Vaishali Thakkar
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