Afghan women, tormented by the seizure of power by the Taliban movement – Telam

For Aisaha Khurram, Afghan women fear a return to the terrorist regime that ruled the country between 1996 and 2001

Afghan women, leaders in the cultural, social and political spheres, expressed their fear through social networks on Monday at the total seizure of power by the Taliban movement and called the situation “the end of the world” or “nightmare” . they denounce that there are already women slaves in es epas.

The Taliban returned 20 years later to seize full powers in Afghanistan, where the proclamation of the Islamic faith took place on Sunday in a central square in Kabul and at the presidential palace.

“It’s a nightmare for women who have studied, who think of a better future for themselves and future generations,” said Aisha Khurram (22), Representative of Afghan youth to the UN and student at Kabul University.

Sunday morning Aisha, who is due to graduate in a few months, and her classmates have not been able to re-enter campus and “her future is uncertain”, AFP agency reported.

“For the whole nation, seeing how everything collapsed in an instant was the end of the world, our soul and our spirit were broken”the student said hours after the Taliban entered Kabul.

Aisha spent her first night under the Taliban without being able to sleep, amid the sound of bullets and the sound of planes evacuating foreigners from Kabul airport.

“The world and the Afghan leaders have abandoned the country’s youth in the most cruel way imaginable”, said the young woman.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani left the country “to prevent a massacre,” according to his statement.

In 1996 and 2001, the Taliban in government imposed an “ultra-Orthodox vision of Islamic law” that prevented women from studying or working, from leaving their homes. if they were not accompanied by a male member of their family and forced them to wear the burqa (full veil) in public.

Flogging and executions, including stoning for adultery, were common practices in city squares and stadiums.

However, the situation, especially in rural areas, did not improve for women with the departure of the Taliban movement from the Afghan government in 2001.

The Taliban said they would respect human rights if they returned to power in Afghanistan, emphasizing those of women, but according to more orthodox “Islamic values”.

However, Afghan women view these promises with suspicion, especially those who, for two decades, were able to attend university, held positions of political responsibility, in journalism, justice and the security forces.

Afghan journalist Shabnam Bayani claimed that “women have disappeared from the streets of Kabul for fear of the actions of the Taliban”, according to the ANSA news agency.

Bayani, who works with sources in Kabul and other cities in Afghanistan, also reported that areas further away from the capital, Kabul, such as Helmand and Herat, in the southeast and east of the country , news of enslaved women arrives. after that, his male parents were killed by the Taliban.

In other cases, Bayani said, “we have heard from girls and teenagers, all minors, forced in recent days to marry Taliban fighters.”

Pakistani activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, a symbol of the struggle for girls’ education, appealed on Twitter to protect “women, minorities and human rights defenders,” reported the ANSA.

At 14, Malala escaped death “miraculously” when the Taliban shot her because she was “guilty” of wanting to go to school.

“I started the day looking at the deserted streets of Kabul in horror,” wrote Fawzia Koofi, human rights activist and former Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament.

“History repeats itself so quickly”, reflected the activist, according to AFP.

“Fear burns you, it’s there like a black bird,” added Muska Dastageer, professor at the American University of Afghanistan, inaugurated five years after the Taliban march.

“Spread your wings and you can’t breathe anymore,” the professor added.

Rada Akbar (33), painter and photographer known for her portraits, posted on her Twitter account: “My beloved Afghanistan is flowing before my eyes.”, with cones of broken hearts.

In another post, the young artist shared the viral image of a man covering a photo of a woman in a wedding dress in white paint.

The Taliban regime terrorized the population between 1996 and 2001, with particular bitterness against women

For Akbar, this gesture shows that they seek to “erase women from public space”, because the Taliban do not allow the reproduction of images of women. This year, she organized her online tribute exhibition to prominent Afghan women after receiving threats.

In one of his latest tweets, Akbar said, “I want to become invisible and hide from the world.”

Sahraa Karimi, one of the most famous Afghan directors, said he did not intend to leave Afghanistan.

“Do not leave my country”, She said she wiped away tears in a video posted to Twitter, AFP reported.

“Many still think it is madness. But madness is what those who have abused our country do (…). And stupidity is what the world has shown in us. turning his back, “he added.

On the same line, Activist Mahbouba Seraj told the BBC: “It would be pointless if all the women left the country”.

And she added that “no one, not the Taliban, not the world, not our republic, has ever understood the strength of Afghan women, what are the remedies, no one has ever involved us as they should have done. J “So hope these young people do it. If they do, we are ready. If they don’t, as long as the safety of the girls is guaranteed, everything will be fine,” he told the ‘ANSA.

On Saturday, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, said he was “horrified” to “see the disappearance of the rights so hard won by the girls and women of Afghanistan”.

Today at the emergency council meeting, Guterres said: “I am particularly concerned by reports of increasing violations against Afghan women and girls. It is essential that their hard-won rights are protected.

With this in mind, Chile announced today that its Chancellor “is working with friendly countries and NGOs” to help evacuate Afghan women leaders of human rights organizations from Kabul, the minister said today. of Foreign Affairs Andrs Allamand.

Via Twitter, the head of Chilean diplomacy wrote that women “will see their individual guarantees exceeded” and called the “triumph of the Taliban in Afghanistan” as “a shame for the world and a tragedy for women”, described the ANSA agency.

Allamand accompanied his commentary with a BBC report on areas already under the control of the Taliban, which read: “In our Sharia, it is clear: for those who have sex and are not married, the punishment is 100 lashes in public. Those who steal must have their hand cut off. “

The Taliban have already made it clear that there will be no transitional government, but “a complete handover” of power.