for your country? i think if we think about the future of afghanistan, all these leaders, like hamid karzai and amrullah saleh, everyone should come together and sit and discuss, and find some solution and work with taliban to have a strong government, because we really need to solve the afghanistan problem between all these leaders and afghan people. kamila sidiqi, i thank you so much for talking to us from bonn, in germany. thank you. you re welcome. thank you so much.
will not sit at home this time and they will find their way to work in the government, and also continue their education and go to school. that s very interesting what you re saying, kamila. you re suggesting that afghanistan, its culture, and the role of women has changed so much in the last two decades that the taliban will simply be unable to turn back the clock? yes. i mean, are you suggesting that women, if they are told to no longer go to work in certain sectors, if the taliban tries to impose controls on women and girls, are you saying that women should resist? as you see the taliban announce for all the employees of the government, women and men, to go and join and start their activity and work. i think this is a big change, if you compare from the time 20 years ago.
kamila sidiqi in germany, welcome to hardtalk. hello, thank you so much. you re welcome. it is a great pleasure to have you on the programme. now, if we d been talking to you a week ago, we would have been talking to you in kabul. now you re in safe haven in bonn, germany. tell me exactly what prompted you to flee kabul, and how did you do it? i was in kabul and my trip to london was on 20, my ticket was on 20 next week. suddenly, this. i heard a lot of the news that most of the people left kabul.
in this case, i m very optimistic that educated women will not sit at home this time and they will find their way to work in the government, and also continue their education and go to school. that s very interesting what you re saying, kamila. you re suggesting that afghanistan, its culture, and the role of women has changed so much in the last two decades that the taliban will simply be unable to turn back the clock? yes. i mean, are you suggesting that women, if they are told to no longer go to work in certain sectors, if the taliban tries to impose controls on women and girls, are you saying that women should resist? as you see the taliban announce for all the employees of the government, women and men, to go and join and start their activity and work. i think this is a big change, if you compare from the time 20 years ago. taliban also knows that there
20 years ago. if you see, there is a lot of educated women, professional women, that have a very important role in the governments of afghanistan and also in the different sectors of afghanistan, different sectors like education and health and all other business and different sectors. i m sure, as i have believed, that without women it s not possible to run the country and to be in the politics. in this case, i m very optimistic that educated women will not sit at home this time and they will find their way to work in the government, and also continue their education and go to school. that s very interesting what you re saying, kamila. you re suggesting that afghanistan, its culture, and the role of women has changed so much in the last two decades that the taliban will simply be unable to turn back the clock? yes. i mean, are you suggesting that women, if they are told to no