The Afghan recounted how her life changed drastically when she survived an extremist attack when she was just eight years old.
One of the few women who has challenged the extremist Islamic regime and achieved her goal, Nadia Ghulam narrates how her life took a completely unexpected turn as she pretended to be her own brother so she could work and feed her family. without being discovered by extremists who had taken control in the 1990s.
During an interview for CNN, Ghulam noted how he was not consenting to the war environment in his childhood despite his mother’s constant comments to “pray for peace.”
However, “At the age of 8, a bomb fell on her house and destroyed everything that was Nadia and this girl’s dreams. She started a nightmare until I lost my own identity,” the writer noted. and Afghan refugee in Spain.
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The Taliban regime remained in power between 1996 and 2001, during which time strict measures were applied to women excluding them from public life, work, trade and vocational training. Extremists have been known to impose brutal punishments between whips and public executions on those who follow their laws.
“When I got up from the coma and a short time passed, the Taliban regime came in. They did not allow women to work, study and leave home. In my case, I had to dress as a boy to to be able to go to work and bring a piece of bread to my family “
This scenario of panic has resurfaced in women after the fall of Kabul, although the Taliban spokesman said that women would be respected according to the law and will be able to exercise their rights, education and work, and the country media will be free and independent.
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A Taliban official even lent himself to a personal interview with a television journalist, in which he insisted on the matter.
Despite statements by extremists, there have been brutal attacks in provinces and several deaths at the hands of the Taliban; however, women’s movements have been seen taking to the streets with banners demanding their rights, as well as government office workers and activists taking to the streets of Kabul to demand the Taliban movement’s roles in the new administration, as well as maintaining their jobs in state offices, as recorded by the Afghan channel Tolo.
“The people, the government and any official who will form a state in the future cannot ignore the women of Afghanistan. We will not give up our right to education, the right to work and our right to education. political and social participation “activist Fariha Esar told the television channel.
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Demonstrations have been reduced, but are gaining strength as the days go by.