Afghanistan: the plight of women with the arrival of the Taliban – Franceinfo

If apprehension and torpor is shared by the people of Kabul (Afghanistan) in front of the incessant patrols of youth Taliban militiamen since August 15, from the point of view of women, it is fear. For them, there will be a tremendous regression after 20 years of openness. As soon as we leave the center of the capital, we see more women wearing a burqa and few women move alone, noted Cyril Payen, the special envoy of France 24 in Kabul, who speaks live on Friday. August 27 in the 11 p.m.

Activists, workers, students, women involved in associations know that they are leaving behind what has been their reality for 20 years. There is an apprehension of this backtracking embodied by the arrival of the Taliban, the new masters of the country, who try to give a positive image, but who impose Sharia law. It is unthinkable for women to imagine that the 1996 vintage is completely different from the 2021 vintage and that these fundamentalists have become liberals.