Women fight against the Taliban’s Obscurantism

Food, Career, Freedom/Education

After the fall of the former government and the reoccupation of Kabul by the Taliban, the brave women and girls of Afghanistan have become the symbol of resistance and freedom. Women activists in various cities, including Kabul, have repeatedly protested and bravely stood up against the tyrannical Taliban regime to petition for women's rights and human rights. These women, who for the past 20 years have been a symbol of progress and change in the country, are now a symbol of the struggle and are fighting against the strict policies of the Taliban.

After two decades of major social change in the country, women are becoming more vulnerable than ever and are being marginalized every day. The Taliban stripped women of their right to education and employment after regaining power. These discriminatory policies of the Taliban caused women to take to the streets and protest against them.

Bread, work, freedom or education was the latest slogan of the protesting women, who took to the streets of Kabul on Saturday, chanting slogans against the ruling group. Bread, work, freedom, is one of the most influential slogans used by some women to achieve their rights.

When Afghanistan fell in to the hand of Taliban regime and with the reoccupation of Kabul by the Taliban, these three words have completely disappeared in the society. The people are facing hunger, lack of work, deprivation of social freedoms and are going through difficult times. Bread, work, freedom is not only the desire of women but also the desire of all men. Men, especially young people, are in the similar situation and are going through difficult times of unemployment.

Lack of work has affected not only women but also men on a large scale, and this problem threatens people's lives. Unemployment and hunger have forced people to sell their home furniture, body organs, and even their family members. The latest video, which is being shared on social media, shows women in Badghis Province offering their children for sale.

On the other hand, the brave women of the country in a civil demonstration raise the slogan of bread, work, and freedom when the ruling group has no interest in the concept of civilization and has resorted to violence, war, lawlessness and terror. In fact, this slogan is presented against the military and religious oppression, mono-ethnic and mono-gender, a group of religious extremists who have taken away all civil and social freedoms of the people throughout Afghanistan. Education, which is the first human right of women, has been taken away from them and millions of women and girls have been deprived of access to knowledge. Also, labor and other sectors are among the most basic rights of the people, especially women, which have been taken away from them at various levels.

In addition, in the last four months, freedom has completely disappeared from the country, and the people, especially women have been completely deprived of this human right. Not only women are deprived of social freedom, but even men are in a similar situation. Men and women do not have the right to choose, and they do not even have the freedom to dress, and they are forced to follow the orders of a group of ignorant people. Many men have been punished in the field court many times for their appearance cover and their lifestyle. Also, young people without beards and with curly hair have been horribly beaten many times.

Access to education is restricted to all, especially women, and education has lost its true meaning with the Taliban occupying the country. Before the fall of Kabul, the only concern of the people was education, but now, due to the low level of hope, this concern no longer makes sense, and the people are all thinking of fleeing the country, so that thousands of people try to escape every day and to get out of the country.

The slogans of bread, work, freedom play a prominent role in the social change of the people. If people flee, it is definitely because of the lack of these three prominent issues that they have to flee the country in its absence. If there is no bread, work, freedom or education. It is not life and it threatens to survive terribly.

People believe that now, due to the pressures of the international community, the Taliban does not put much pressure on the people, while the situation is deplorable and has made it very difficult to breathe. If this group is recognized by the international community for its extremist policies, then human rights will lose their meaning. Girls' education will be completely abolished, forced marriages, the sale of women will become more common, and women will become sex slaves.

The areas under Taliban rule for the past 20 years are a prime example of the group's policies across the country, which, once recognized, will be implemented across the country. Bread, work, freedom for women will completely give way to religious extremism, and enjoining what is good and forbidding, what is evil will determine the fate of the people, what is currently running in most areas.

Finally, bread, work may be provided in the geography of Afghanistan, under the rule of this religious extremist, mono-ethnic and mono-gender minority group. But there will certainly be no more freedom. Because the existence of this group is against freedom and will deprive people of any freedom. Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Rationality and conscience have been bestowed on them and they need to treat each other fairly

Freedom means having full rights in life, which includes the right to think and reason. The right to thought is the most important principle of freedom. In the absence of these two rights, freedom has no meaning and human rights do not find their true meaning. In the current situation, Afghans may have access to bread and work, but not freedom. Freedom is meaningless if people are deprived of their right to think. The right to freedom of the people must be the responsibility of the government and society and must never be violated by the government and the rulers.

Unfortunately, in the current situation, there is no psychological security and no life, people are afraid of the arbitrary punishment of the Taliban and are forced to lead a secret life in different parts of the country. In public places, people are questioned for no reason and can not travel from one area to another in peace. Under the pretext of collecting weapons, they enter people's homes and, through house-to-house efforts, destroy people's night security. There is no bread, no work, no freedom in Afghanistan, and the international community must engage with this group, given this situation.