News Center — The Star Congress, in its statement, called on international institutions and human rights bodies to take concrete and firm steps to pressure the Taliban authorities to halt violations against Afghan women, affirming the necessity of guaranteeing their right to education, work, and a life of dignity and safety.

On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, the Star Congress in the city of Qamishli issued a statement today, Saturday, August 15, declaring its full solidarity with the struggle of Afghan women against all the violations and severe restrictions imposed by the Taliban on women over the past five years.

The statement, read by Star Congress coordination member Mona Ibrahim, said: "Today marks five years since the Taliban took control of power in Afghanistan—five years that have been nothing but a dark period of forced regression and ongoing deprivation, during which the reality of women and girls there has become one of the greatest humanitarian and rights crises of our modern era."

The statement affirmed that since the first day of the Taliban's rise to power, women in Afghanistan have become citizens without rights, exposed to ongoing dangers threatening their safety and existence. Afghan women have been stripped of their most basic rights guaranteed by international laws and covenants—from education, with the closure of schools and universities to girls, erasing the dream of entire generations in knowledge and development, to the denial of the right to work, the exclusion of women from economic and public life, and the confinement of their ability to support themselves and their families.

The statement explained that what is happening in Afghanistan—the imposition of severe restrictions on personal freedoms, the repeated violations, the increasing cases of assault and restrictions on freedom of movement and expression, and the attempt to completely erase women's identity from society—is not merely local policy but a clear crime against humanity and human dignity. "Therefore, we in the Star Congress, from our humanitarian and feminist responsibility, declare our solidarity and steadfast standing with the struggle of Afghan women."

The Congress affirmed that it joins its voice with the voice of free Afghan women in their legitimate demands to regain all their stolen rights—education, work, and a life of dignity and safety. "We condemn all forms of repression and daily assaults directed against Afghan women and girls. We also call on international institutions and human rights bodies to step out of the arena of silence and symbolic statements, and to take concrete and firm steps to pressure the Taliban authorities to immediately halt these violations."