widthWhen I am writing, new information and new pictures appear every minute.In the past few days, there has been great hope for the success of the large but corrupt Afghan army. Taliban be opposed to. The international forces turned again, at least part of the country, at least to protect Kabul from the Taliban, and at least to bring its citizens, allies and employees to a safe place. When Kabul fell and the Taliban were in the presidential palace, they hoped that there would be no retaliation. When the first Bundeswehr machine landed in Kabul, people wanted more. There are only seven people on board, because these hundreds of desperate people at the airport are not on the list, and one spit is gone. Nevertheless, hope will continue. As I have often heard, many people hope that the tyranny of the Taliban will be milder than in the past. Not because you believe in their guarantees, but to appease yourself, because you feel guilty for abandoning others.
This terrible hope reminds me of 2014: when ISIS placed a region under its control and encountered little resistance. How did the big city of Mosul descend without a fight, and how did the black spots on the map become bigger and bigger. How people flee, how Sharia law was declared, and how massacres were carried out in the occupied territories. How women are no longer allowed to go out without a husband, brother or father and have to wear a veil. This anti-fashion that erases all personality is no longer called a dress, because it is not a dress, but a veil. Similar The photos are now from Afghanistan.
Indeed, people have heard everywhere that the Taliban of 2021 will no longer be the Taliban of 20 years ago. You have changed, you want to be a political partner. But apart from verbal statements, so far, no such elegant and progressive Taliban have been seen. Others say that there is flogging and that women are prohibited from working to college. Families with unmarried daughters must mark their houses with a red X. These daughters were kidnapped and forcibly married to Taliban fighters. The picture of the woman was painted and torn off. Afghan human rights activists say that the Taliban have not changed at all.
The Islamic terrorist Hamas congratulated the Taliban on their victory, as did the Haiat Tahrir asch-Scham terrorist militia in Idlib. Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi sees the takeover of the Taliban as an opportunity. NATO partner Turkey is using time to bomb the Yazidi settlement in Shingal, Iraq, including a hospital, undisturbed, and is pleased with the “positive signal from the Taliban” from “brother Afghanistan.” China has already started negotiations.
Approximately 38 million people live in Afghanistan. Including ethnic and religious minorities, queers, activists, aid workers, and the international military who are now afraid of their lives. After the Taliban came to power, 19 million women and girls became prisoners and were deprived of their freedom and rights. Nothing in Islamic ideology is feminist, emancipatory, nor anti-colonial. On the contrary: this is the colonization of women, their extinction in public life. The deprivation of women’s rights under Islamic law occurs on many levels. The burqa is not their only problem. Inconvenient mobility, excluded from education and healthcare, and social isolation. In addition, the slightest violation will be severely punished. When the Taliban came to power for the last time, painting their nails could result in fingertip amputation. That is totalitarianism, not cultural eccentricity. Women’s rights are human rights and should not be sacrificed for cultural relativism and ignorance. Sentences such as “We cannot impose our concept of human rights on others” or “Afghans have no interest in democracy” are evergreens of cynicism and racism, and people first try to escape their responsibilities. The West abandoned these women and betrayed them. Nevertheless, his culprit does not stop there.
now? Some people insisted on negotiating, but they did not succeed in Doha. Under no circumstances should diplomatic relations normalize this tyranny. When millions of women and girls still exist and will have to live under this terror, one must not succumb to letting foreigners and a few local workers leave. Women want to go for a walk, want to work and study, want to go to a cafe with friends, want to smoke a cigarette, paint their nails or read a book quietly on the balcony. Whether in Mazar-e-Sharif, Raqqa, Gaza or Mosul, they cannot be deprived of these rights.
