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The world must not forget the women of Afghanistan
Not only has there been no let-up in the terrible situation imposed upon the women of Afghanistan by the Taliban, but the situation is becoming acutely worse, writes SHUKRIA RAHIMI
An Afghan IWD protest in 2022
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AS PEOPLE around the world prepare to celebrate International Women’s Day, the ruling Taliban regime in Afghanistan does not even consider the country’s women to be second-class citizens.
People in Afghanistan and their “social rank” are categorised according to their ethnicity, as Pashtuns or non-Pashtuns, or their religion, as Sunni or Shi’ite Muslims.
However, women in Afghanistan have no privilege according to any marker and rank lower than low — thus, a Pashtun woman is as deprived as a Hazara woman and will face myriad forms of oppression over the course of her life.
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