Women in Afghanistan

Women in Afghanistan

The Taliban group is a group of men who formed in 1994 in the country of

Kandahar by Islamic students who took an approach to interpreting Islam. The

Group also believes in strict Islamic rules. According to them the men must have

beards four fingers in length, there shall be no music and women should not be

allowed to do anything other than stay home and watch the children and clean the

house. This Taliban group when first started had about twenty to thirty thousand

men involved. The group now controls about 80% of Afghanistan land. Today,

under the Taliban's regime, women are not allowed out of their homes unless with

a male relative. Any kind of acts against the Tailban's rule will lead to serious

punishment or unnecessary death.

Taliban beliefs are strict and to the point. If you get caught

committing a crime you are likely to get the extreme punishment for your crime.

The Taliban is not afraid to show their force when dealing with people that commit

crimes. The Taliban regime has turned soccer stadiums into viewing grounds of

executions. Men are running around the stadium with cut off limbs as others cheer.

The regime believes that a man must have a long beard and may not have his hair

jumbled or he will have his head shaved along with being arrested. The Taliban

claims that they are following the strict codes of Islam, but now it seems that the

group is just dictating the country.

Another aspect of the regime that really amazed me was how the women are

treated under the Taliban rule. Every woman must wear a burqa veil no matter

where she is going. If a woman is found outside of her house with out her veil on

she can be whipped or even stoned to death publicly. Afghan women have been

pushed to the lowest form of living there is and that is truly sad. The Taliban men

have completely banned any education for women starting from kindergarten to

graduate school. Also employment for women has been banned in their country.

The poor women under the Taliban rule can't wear make-up, nail polish, cut their

hair short, wear colorful or stylish clothes, white socks and shoes, and can't even

walk or talk loudly. In fact the government believes women shouldn't even leave

their homes at all. If woman do choose to leave her home it must be for an

essential, purpose and she must wear the full burqa outfit. Even then these women

risk their lives. Women born into this horrible lifestyle are born already dead. To

ensure