Women and The Taliban

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Women of Afghanistan, remarkable milestones have been achieved since the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban rule in 2001. The gender order has gone through several changes in just a few years, and those changes have brought a wealth of new opportunities and roles for women living and working in Afghanistan. This book examines the roles of women in Afghanistan within the context of change and tradition. It describes and analyzes the success of women in the workforce, and evaluates how success has come in a nation that struggles to overcome years of poverty, corruption, regional power struggles, and the overwhelming destruction of war.

Kushal Sura is an Indian historian, writer and a cultural activist based in Uttarakhand, who has campaigned for the preservation of the natural and cultural heritage. Kushal Sura was born in Dehradun and attended St Joseph's Academy and has a master's degree in sociology. He received his PhD in political science. Kushal Sura has published numerous works of women studies, tourism, administration and political science, including the international bestseller.

Afghanistan has a tumultuous recent past. In the last three decades, the country has been occupied by communist Soviet troops and US-led international forces, and in the years in between has been ruled by militant groups and the infamous oppressive Islamic Taliban. Throughout the changing political landscape of Afghanistan in the last fifty years, women's rights have been exploited by different groups for political gain, sometimes being improved but often being abused.

The Taliban are now notorious for their human rights abuses. The group emerged in 1994 after years of conflict. Many of their members were former Mujahideen fighter who had been trained in Pakistan during Afghanistan's civil war in the '80s and '90s. They came together with the aim of making Afghanistan an Islamic state. The Taliban ruled in Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001.

Under the Taliban, women and girls were discriminated against in many ways, for the 'crime" of being born a girl. The Taliban enforced their version of Islamic Sharia law.