Women in Afghanistan are gearing up to fight against America's stance where it is ready to talk to the Taliban stating that it is to attain peace for the war-torn country. The freedom of speech, movement and thoughts which was curbed brutally by the Taliban in name of religion before it gained power and spread throughout the country, is being demanded by the women of the country again after the Taliban has been restricted after long years of the American attack.
The redline movement started on social media by the women in Afghanistan emphasizes on their rights and why it should be protected by keeping the Taliban away from Afghanistan. In the Taliban-free areas, women are still fighting to get their early status of freedom and equal rights after years of oppression by Taliban forces. The changes in psyches of men and administration, in general, raise the challenges for women to the next dangerous level. They are willing to work for the better country that every Afghanistani national aim to have, but their actions towards development are often frowned upon. There are rare free spaces and platforms for the women of the country where they can speak, argue and demand their rights in their own country.
Taliban has assured Afghanistan, America and other world leaders that it has changed and willing to bring reforms according to the requirements of a modern world where violence would not be used as an enforcer. But the action of the group says otherwise. Many video footages have surfaced on the internet where the brutal techniques and draconian laws of the Taliban are still being enforced in the parts of the country where it holds a position of power to this date. Women flogged, beaten and executed for crimes that have no legal trials and proofs have been circulated on the internet. They have promised to be more humanitarian in ruling the country but actions speak louder than words where schools are banned for women and they are captivated under the laws of the Taliban's version of Islam.
Nevertheless, women of Afghanistan refuses to back down after they realized that they do not want the same childhood or adulthood they had under Taliban occupation. Thus they are protesting against America's move to resume talks with the Taliban. They have also raised questions about America's intentions to start a war against the Taliban and martyring so many of their soldiers if all they wanted, in the end, was talks. Women of Afghanistan are raising their concerns as the situation like before would prevail in case the talks are successful. America does not hold the rights of deciding on behalf of Afghanistan as it a free country of its independent will.
The women fear for the future they will present to their children. Will it be the free as they wish- getting an education, gender equality, access to food, shelter, healthcare? Will they be safe? Will the girl child of a mother will get to attend the best of schools in the bustling city of Kabul and go to college driving a car on her own? Will the freedom win?
