The Taliban made me a refugee twice in my life, but many other Afghan women are not as lucky, writes Humaira Rasuli. They continue their struggle for women’s rights in the face of brutal oppression and the Taliban’s campaign to erase women from society.
Translation: in afghanistan, 99% of women follow - the correct hijab. the other i%, we request them to implement this decree. this is not our order, but the order of god. when they took power last august, it initially appeared as if the taliban were much less strict than they were 20 years ago. but in recent weeks, their ministry of vice and virtue has been issuing more and more hardline decrees, governing in particular the lives of afghan women. the schools need to be open, there is famine all over this country. there are suicide bombings. there are so many other problems. instead of looking after that, they are always after women. teenage girls have still not been allowed back to school. many worry that the fragile progress made on women s rights here is now unravelling. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul.
Many women in afghanistan do wear the burqa already, but many others don t theyjust cover their hair and they see that as being perfectly in accordance with islamic and afghan values. so, who are you to tell them how they should be dressing? translation: in afghanistan, 99% of women follow - the correct hijab. the other i%, we request them to implement this decree. this is not our order, but the order of god. when they took power last august, it initially appeared as if the taliban were much less strict than they were 20 years ago. but in recent weeks, their ministry of vice and virtue has been issuing more and more hardline decrees, governing in particular the lives of afghan women. the schools need to be open, there is famine all over this country. there are suicide bombings. there are so many other problems. instead of looking after that,
When in public, warning that if they fail to do so, their male relatives could be jailed for three days. women s rights activists have reacted with dismay. it s the latest hard line edict to be issued by the department 0ur afghanistan correspondent, secunder kermani, sent this report from kabul. the clothes afghan women wear have been fiercely debated and fought over. this is a conservative country and many wear the blue burqa or cover their face. but in big cities, like in this market in kabul, many others choose just to cover their hair. translation: humans are born free. - no one has the right to talk about women s clothes. at the ministry of prevention of vice and promotion of virtue, the taliban announced the veil would be compulsory. any woman repeatedly not complying could see their male relatives jailed. many women in afghanistan do wear the burqa already, but many others don t theyjust cover their hair and they see that as being perfectly in accordance with islamic and afg