Afghanistan Women Research Paper
In the 1900s, life for women in Afghanistan was advanced and satisfying for Afghan women. There were many opportunities for females to form their own lives and live for themselves, with no men or law holding them back. However, once the Invasion of 1979 began, the Taliban began to rise seizing control of the government. Changing laws and restricting women’s life in educational, social, and governmental aspects, life for women became an everyday challenge. Now, women are being to grab the reigns of their life and take back their freedoms, but seem to find challenges on their way to success. The harsh rule and laws from the Taliban has set freedoms in Afghanistan backwards, poorly affecting all levels of Afghan society. Because of the Invasion of 1979 and the rule of the Taliban, Rights
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for women has greatly changed for the worse due to strict and violent Islamic law.
With the Rise of the Taliban, Afghanistan before the Invasion of 1979 was much different from Afghanistan today.
Even though Afghan women were privileged with many rights, the Invasion and the start of the Taliban began the terrorizing behavior towards Afghan women. During the Soviet Invasion of 1979, the American government began to plot against the Soviets, willing to go to any measures defeating them. Because of this, the U.S. began to support Afghan during the Soviet invasion. With American backing Afghanistan, President Carter planned to support Afghanistan and defend them from the soviets. Showing his devotion for Afghanistan, “President Carter wrote a sharply-worded letter to Brezhnev denouncing Soviet aggression, and during his State of the Union address he announced his own doctrine vowing to protect Middle Eastern oil supplies from encroaching Soviet power” (U.S. Department of State). Sending in their help to Afghanistan, the U.S. set up camps in Afghanistan to train Afghan fighters. The Americans planned for these fighters camps to train afghans fight soviet’s, but the outcomes were much worse than they planned for. Once the Taliban was created, many of the Taliban members were the “former Mujahideen
fighters who had been trained in Pakistan during Afghanistan’s civil war in the ‘80s and ‘90s” (Women in Afghanistan). These fighters were skillfully trained by the United States, and were taught many new fighting techniques. Because of their newly acquired powers, the Mujahideen fighters decided to meet and create something much bigger. These fighters, “came together with the aim of making Afghanistan an Islamic state” (Women in Afghanistan). Combining ideas of Islamic law and violence from the camps, the men created the Taliban, ruling in Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001. With the Taliban rule, life for women became violent and life threatening. Their daily life was changed out of force, making it hard to a women to adjust to everyday life. Education for women, social and family life, and female role in government has all changed for the worse because of the Taliban.
for women has greatly changed for the worse due to strict and violent Islamic law.
With the Rise of the Taliban, Afghanistan before the Invasion of 1979 was much different from Afghanistan today.
Even though Afghan women were privileged with many rights, the Invasion and the start of the Taliban began the terrorizing behavior towards Afghan women. During the Soviet Invasion of 1979, the American government began to plot against the Soviets, willing to go to any measures defeating them. Because of this, the U.S. began to support Afghan during the Soviet invasion. With American backing Afghanistan, President Carter planned to support Afghanistan and defend them from the soviets. Showing his devotion for Afghanistan, “President Carter wrote a sharply-worded letter to Brezhnev denouncing Soviet aggression, and during his State of the Union address he announced his own doctrine vowing to protect Middle Eastern oil supplies from encroaching Soviet power” (U.S. Department of State). Sending in their help to Afghanistan, the U.S. set up camps in Afghanistan to train Afghan fighters. The Americans planned for these fighters camps to train afghans fight soviet’s, but the outcomes were much worse than they planned for. Once the Taliban was created, many of the Taliban members were the “former Mujahideen
fighters who had been trained in Pakistan during Afghanistan’s civil war in the ‘80s and ‘90s” (Women in Afghanistan). These fighters were skillfully trained by the United States, and were taught many new fighting techniques. Because of their newly acquired powers, the Mujahideen fighters decided to meet and create something much bigger. These fighters, “came together with the aim of making Afghanistan an Islamic state” (Women in Afghanistan). Combining ideas of Islamic law and violence from the camps, the men created the Taliban, ruling in Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001. With the Taliban rule, life for women became violent and life threatening. Their daily life was changed out of force, making it hard to a women to adjust to everyday life. Education for women, social and family life, and female role in government has all changed for the worse because of the Taliban.