The Taliban knocked on her door once, twice, three times: in the end they murdered her for not cooking for them

It was July 12 and the 15 Taliban warriors were hungry and thirsty. They were asking for food and water. Lots of food and lots of water. They went there the first day and didn’t get what they came for. The same thing happened the second. And the same on the third day. Najia -45 years old- she knew that she could no longer deny them food and drink, which fundamentalists demanded of the woman who led a poor family in a precarious town in the north of Afghanistan, in the province of Faryab. He had four children, of whom Manija, his only 25-year-old daughter who finally opened the door for him the fourth time the Islamists struck.

“My mother said, “I’m poor, how am I supposed to feed you? The Taliban began to beat her. My mom collapsed and they hit her with their AK47 riflesSaid the young woman, according to what was published by the information network CNN. Then he begged them loudly to stop. They did, but one of them activated a grenade and threw it into an adjoining room. The explosion set off a series of flames that caused everyone to leave the house except Najia who died from the beatings she received.

The Taliban denied having cruelly murdered Najia in this small town in the north of the country in crisis. However, witnesses from that province confirmed the death of a 45-year-old woman at the hands of Islamist extremists. Also the fire in your house.

Another woman – neighbor of Najia– He confirmed to the North American media the fact and recounted the desperate moment they are living in various places of Afghanistan. Most of the women are widows of soldiers who served the previous government and who died fighting precisely those who have now taken power. They have to sell the milk of the animals they raise at home, but the Taliban will not allow it. “We don’t have men at home, what are we going to do?“, He is asking himself.

Women under the power of the Taliban

Women in Afghanistan they had gained ground over the past 20 years, when foreign occupation forces expelled the Taliban from Kabul. Yet the worst nightmares are resurfacing now that fundamentalists have taken over the reins of the country. Women are generally the main victims of feudal and macho power imposed by men throughout the territory under rigor. Sharia Islamic laws that they will impose in their wake.

In the past few hours, the Taliban have tried to open up to the possibility of accepting women into the new regime. “We will respect your rights», Promised in dialogue with the BBC one of the representatives in peace negotiations with the Government, Suhail shaheen. But the truth is, it just seems like a way to wash away your image: women are suspicious and think that reform of the Taliban is not really possible, because their core ideology is fundamentalist and misogynist.

Like today the taliban they take control of Afghanistan, his war on women threatens to once again destroy the lives of professionals, activists, community leaders and politicians.

In 2001, with the end of the so-called Islamic Emirate, under which they could neither study nor work, among many other prohibitions, women were able to regain some of their freedoms. Did the Taliban then apply a strict religious interpretation that basically women could not have any kind of public life, hidden from the eyes of anyone other than her husband or male guardian. The punishments for non-compliance were stoning, mutilation and flogging.

As an Amnesty International report points out, Historically, the Taliban have applied harsh and discriminatory policies against women that have excluded them from public life. When the Taliban ruled the country, women were denied the right to education and health care, and their right to freedom of movement was severely restricted.. They were subjected to severe and disproportionate penalties, even for minor “offenses”. Any deviation from the rules set by the group could be punished with public corporal punishment, even the death penalty or public execution.

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