Afghan ladies convey shock, worry, defiance underneath new Taliban rule

Women of all ages and women in Afghanistan are struggling with a deeply uncertain and scary long term with the Taliban in control of the place pursuing the collapse of a U.S.-backed governing administration and the exit of U.S. troops.

Afghan women of all ages fear that their rights will be constrained, as they have been 20 years ago when the Taliban last thoroughly dominated Afghanistan.

The Hill spoke to a range of Afghan gals who questioned that their names be withheld for fear of the Taliban focusing on them and their people and colleagues. Humanitarian teams also presented The Hill with specific accounts of females in Afghanistan.

The girls who spoke to The Hill expressed shock, panic, frustration and defiance at the swiftly altering natural environment in their place.

They want to make very clear that Afghan women — collaborating in modern society as business people, athletes, politicians, law enforcement, teachers, artists and journalists, among the other professions — had to struggle for those people freedoms inside of a stringent, male-dominated modern society even after the Taliban was ousted by U.S. forces in 2001. 

“People want to have an understanding of, we fought for individuals rights,” 1 Afghan woman explained to The Hill. “Despite the U.S. currently being there, we nevertheless fought for them in the patriarchal method to be ready to stand up to them and inform them ‘this is our right.’”

The female warned versus the U.S. and worldwide community placing belief in the Taliban’s statements. 

“I