Afghani citizens continue to face conflict under The Taliban rule, particularly women suffering rising restrictions. It has been a year since the invasion of the Taliban on the capital city of Afghanistan, Kabul. After the United States withdrawal from the reconstruction of Afghanistan, the United States established an agreement with the Taliban (Mashal, 2020). As the US troops withdraw from Afghanistan by August 2021, the Collapse of the Afghan government followed, incenting years of torment still faced by the Afghan population today (Zucchino, 2021). Subsequently, the violence against women and girls has increased, although the exercise of women’s rights within Sharia law was agreed upon, such agreements were soon terminated. This is evident by the Taliban rule’s constant systemic marginalisation of women, seen with the abolishment of their political, occupational, and academic participation. Furthermore, the Taliban continue to control women’s bodily autonomy, creating a decree that obligates women to cover their faces, stay in their households unless it is essential, and if necessary, they can only leave under the supervision of a man (Women, 2022). Afghani women face harsh consequences for violating Taliban orders, receiving harsh arrests, and experiencing physical and mental torture during imprisonment (Tsui, 2022). Furthermore, in accordance the Washington Post, “The rights group documented accounts indicating a dramatic increase in child marriages and marital rape since the Taliban’s takeover” (Tsui, 2022). Hence, the unjust violence and suppression against women continues in Afghanistan, with the dismantlement of organizations that stimulated women’s rights, followed by the violation of their physical and mental security. Therefore, the women of Afghanistan endure a life of crisis, living in fear and suppression under their government, unable to seek help as the authority that occupies their jurisdiction is responsible for their endangerment.
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Tsui, K. (2022, July). Violence against women rampant under Taliban, new report finds. The Washington Post.
Women, U. (2022, August). In focus: Women in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban takeover. UN Women.
Zucchino, D. (2021, Oct). The U.S. War in Afghanistan: How It Started, and How It Ended. The New York Times.
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