The Taliban said that they would “protect” women’s rights under Sharia law, but they didn't specify how. The US can still exert some pressure for an interpretation of Sharia law where Afghan women can enjoy significant freedoms. via WMC WomenUndrSiege
NewsweekBurqa clad women walk past a billboard put up on the wall of a beauty salon in Kabul on August 7, 2021. stopped an SUV she was in. It was a wedding party—they were all female members of her family, save for the male driver. The women, realizing what was happening, hurriedly put on their burqas but a 16-year-old cousin, Amineh*, froze in fear. Theforced his way into the vehicle and upon seeing Amineh’s hair, immediately began whipping her. Everyone started screaming.
“Imagine, we were in such a good mood, coming from a wedding party,” Neelab said. “And then this happened.” There is an Afghan adage that says women “hold up half the sky.” On the surface, the deal that the U.S. signed with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar on February 29, 2020, appeared to have sealed the women’s fate in Afghanistan. There were no provisions for women’s rights. The U.S. governmentWith the fall of Kabul and the Taliban in control of most of the country now, how women’s rights will be defined is in the hands of the Taliban and their interpretation of Sharia law.
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