Amy Mek
As schools in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan opened their doors for the new academic year, a heartbreaking reality is visible: the absence of teenage girls. Under the Taliban’s rule, female students have been prohibited from pursuing education beyond the sixth grade, another regressive move that has sparked widespread international condemnation.
The Taliban’s grip on Afghanistan has brought about dire consequences, particularly for its women and girls. Since their resurgence to power in August 2021, the Taliban have imposed Islamic law, which entails stringent and dangerous restrictions, curtailing the rights and freedoms of Afghan women. The false promise of a more “inclusive approach” by the Islamic terrorist group, touted by many left-wing Western leaders and media, has proven to be another lie as their actions previously actions and words have only ever shown repression and regression.
Representatives from the Taliban interim government attended a recent ceremony marking the commencement of the new academic year in Kabul. During the event, Taliban Education Propaganda Minister Habibullah Agha expressed intentions to enhance the quality of education. Still, this rhetoric is contradicted by the stark reality of girls being denied access to education beyond elementary school.
Afghanistan now stands alone as the only country in the world where girls are barred from continuing their education past primary levels. However, many other Islamic nations make it extremely dangerous for girls to attend school.
The impact of the Taliban’s oppressive policies reverberates throughout Afghan society, with women and girls finding themselves confined by harsh circumstances and stripped of fundamental freedoms such as mobility and education. As the promise of a brighter future, once kindled by hopes of progress and empowerment, now dims under the shadows of Taliban rule, the despair and frustration among many teenage girls deepen.
Recent interviews conducted by the BBC reveal the poignant sentiments of girls like Mahtab and Tamana, who describe feeling ‘mentally dead’ and ‘physically alive but mentally dead’ as they remain barred from attending school. For many, the hope they once clung to has dwindled in the face of ongoing restrictions. Zainab, a former top student, now feels like she has ‘buried [her] dreams in a dark hole.’ Meanwhile, families like Naya’s grapple with the devastating impact of the ban extending to even younger girls, with the Islamic government citing reasons such as physical appearance to justify keeping them out of school.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s withdrawal of American forces in September 2021, marked by the chaotic scenes of evacuation, has only exacerbated the plight of Afghan women. The abrupt departure left a power vacuum filled by the Taliban, who swiftly reinstated their oppressive regime. The Biden administration’s miscalculation regarding the Taliban’s intentions has led to a humanitarian crisis, leaving millions of Afghans in dire need of assistance.
Vlad Tepes
The girls can pick up books on their own and continue to educate themeselves —hide the books! These terrorist butt$uckers are never changing their women-are-chattle policy.
The girls are lucky bozobiden isn’t near them. He would sniff and fondle them like the pedo-pervert crap he does here. There’s plenty of video evidence of it too. It’s disgusting, and the lefties pretend they don’t see it. That proves they are down with the pedo agenda. They’re complicit.