Four Afghans talk about what it means to be a woman in a Taliban country

A cry of agony is articulated by the women who live in Afghanistan with four of them to explain what it means to be a woman in a Taliban country (now).

Speaking to ERT, they give a picture of the new reality. The presenter on state television, Hamida Ars, sees her hard-earned money being lost, fearing for her life after five journalists were recently killed in Afghanistan.

“If the situation worsens and we can not work, we will have no choice but to leave the country and seek asylum elsewhere,” she said, adding that in the last 20 years women in Afghanistan have been able to get out of the shadows and gain access. in education, they dared to dream and claim a better tomorrow.

“Today, however, the fear of returning to a regime of violence and oppression prevails,” said the human rights activist and vice president of the Afghan community in Greece. Rehane Kanji, pointing out with meaning that women who practice a profession such as journalism or acting, women who “have a voice” are at risk. They have to leave the country because they will kill them. There is no other solution”.

They prefer suicide

There are many women who prefer suicide to falling into their hands Taliban, says Marzia, 35, who has been living with her family in Greece for three years. What he describes is shocking.

“I lived in a village where I was imprisoned at home. Women could not go out. We did not have the right to go to school, we wore a burqa. I lived through the war. Many were tortured. Women were raped. They forced girls and widows to marry the mujahideen. That in itself creates fear, “he said.

Her heart is pounding, she says. She lost all contact with her sister when the Taliban entered her village. “My older sister was in Malistan when the Taliban came in. We learned on the news that her husband was killed. “For a month now, I have lost all contact with her,” he admits.