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The United States' decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan without peace agreements in place between the Taliban and the Afghan government has left many fearful about what the future will hold for women in the region.
Roya Rahmani, the Afghan ambassador to the U.S., said she is worried that violence in the country will "continue or even possibly escalate," which she said is likely to have a direct impact on Afghan women.
"Women have frequently been made a victim of this conflict, both in ways we can see and in ways that are invisible," Rahmani told Newsweek. "To continue fighting would be to continue victimizing Afghan women who played no part in initiating or perpetuating the conflict, but who have suffered greatly nonetheless."
When the Taliban held control in Afghanistan during the 1990s, women were required to cover their skin while in public, and were not permitted to leave their homes without a male family member to accompany and supervise them. Women could not go to school, work or engage in politics—and women found to be in violation of the Taliban's rules faced harsh discipline.
"A woman could be flogged for showing an inch or two of skin under her full-body burqa, beaten for attempting to study, [or] stoned to death if she was found guilty of adultery," according to Amnesty International.
Afghanistan under Taliban
Two Afghan women, both wearing yellow niqabs, walk on a busy street in Afghanistan in 1996 while the country was under Taliban rule. A covered truck, Afghan men wearing lungee turbans and kufi, and damaged buildings are seen in the background. David Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images
The violence and oppression Afghan women endured under the Taliban's rule abated after U.S. and allied troops established a presence in the country in the early 2000s.
But now that U.S. troops are leaving without a commitment from the Taliban on continued protections for women, many in the region who are able to leave are in the process of doing so—and the women who are left behind are feeling hopeless, according to Belquis Ahmadi, a senior program officer with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), an agency of the federal government that "was established by Congress in 1984 as an independent institution devoted to the nonviolent prevention and mitigation of deadly conflict abroad," according to its website.
Ahmadi told Newsweek she has been in touch with women in Afghanistan's capital city and provinces who told her they are afraid for their families' safety and for their own rights to freedom and life. Ahmadi said news of the decision to withdraw troops wasn't surprising, but proceeding with that withdrawal without assurances from the Taliban is "shocking" and "a slap in the face."
Roya Rahmani, the Afghan ambassador to the U.S., said she is worried that violence in the country will "continue or even possibly escalate," which she said is likely to have a direct impact on Afghan women.
"Women have frequently been made a victim of this conflict, both in ways we can see and in ways that are invisible," Rahmani told Newsweek. "To continue fighting would be to continue victimizing Afghan women who played no part in initiating or perpetuating the conflict, but who have suffered greatly nonetheless."
When the Taliban held control in Afghanistan during the 1990s, women were required to cover their skin while in public, and were not permitted to leave their homes without a male family member to accompany and supervise them. Women could not go to school, work or engage in politics—and women found to be in violation of the Taliban's rules faced harsh discipline.
"A woman could be flogged for showing an inch or two of skin under her full-body burqa, beaten for attempting to study, [or] stoned to death if she was found guilty of adultery," according to Amnesty International.
Afghanistan under Taliban
Two Afghan women, both wearing yellow niqabs, walk on a busy street in Afghanistan in 1996 while the country was under Taliban rule. A covered truck, Afghan men wearing lungee turbans and kufi, and damaged buildings are seen in the background. David Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images
The violence and oppression Afghan women endured under the Taliban's rule abated after U.S. and allied troops established a presence in the country in the early 2000s.
But now that U.S. troops are leaving without a commitment from the Taliban on continued protections for women, many in the region who are able to leave are in the process of doing so—and the women who are left behind are feeling hopeless, according to Belquis Ahmadi, a senior program officer with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), an agency of the federal government that "was established by Congress in 1984 as an independent institution devoted to the nonviolent prevention and mitigation of deadly conflict abroad," according to its website.
Ahmadi told Newsweek she has been in touch with women in Afghanistan's capital city and provinces who told her they are afraid for their families' safety and for their own rights to freedom and life. Ahmadi said news of the decision to withdraw troops wasn't surprising, but proceeding with that withdrawal without assurances from the Taliban is "shocking" and "a slap in the face."
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