Challenges Faced by Women Under the Taliban Regime in Afghanistan

Abstract

Afghanistan is a highly traditional, orthodox, religious, and patriarchal society. It is a parochial society that has put women’s rights always at risk. Being the ‘pivot state’ because of its geography it has always been in turmoil and crisis. It has been occupied by several forces, ranging from USSR troops to Mujahideen, Taliban, US, and now again Taliban. The different rulings have impacted the rights of women differently. In some of the regimes there has been some improvement, but most of the time their rights have been violated. This paper is an attempt to bring to light the deplorable condition of women in Taliban’s Afghanistan by casting a brief look into the history as well as anticipating the future for women in Afghanistan.