BAHARIN LEHIB

Afghanistan - Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Afghan women and girls have been subjected to inhuman practices such as arrest, torture, insult and humiliation. Despite all the Taliban restrictions, they grow their struggle by gathering in small groups in houses.

 “The Taliban have tortured us, banned us from education, most areas of public life and appearing in shows and movies on TV,” Tarifa Yaqoubi, one of the protesting Afghan women, said in an interview with NuJINHA. “Despite all the Taliban restrictions, women grow their struggle and resistance by gathering in groups of four and five in most of the provinces. Afghan women rise up against the recognition of the Taliban by countries and the biased attitude of the United Nations against the crimes committed by the Taliban. Once, the Taliban raided a house and arrested six protesting women. Despite that, women keep struggling.

“Some of the protesting women were forced to leave the country in order to save their lives and their families. Now, they struggle for their sisters in Afghanistan. Tamana Zaryab Paryani is one of them. She started a hunger strike to highlight the situation of women in Afghanistan.”