THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE HAVE BEEN CAPTURED BY THE TALIBAN MONSTERS – WHO TOOK OUR LANGUAGE, IDENTITY, CULTURE, AND EVEN TOOK OUR LITERACY, EDUCATION AND WORK
Habiba
“I am a northerner and a Tajik. I am also a protester. I founded a women’s community resistance group and protested, not a year ago, when Afghanistan fell, but during the first period of the Taliban, when human rights were being violated and the Taliban were oppressing us without obstacles or mercy.
After the ideals and dreams of an entire generation were destroyed, we were all in a bad situation. We had no choice but to raise our voices in protest. A fierce war had begun in Panjshir. Genocide was taking place in its most brutal form.
A few minutes after our protest a car stopped in front of us, and merciless Taliban gunmen got out and pointed their guns at us protesting women. However, the protesting women resisted. The Taliban became more violent and started shooting. They imprisoned all of the women in the basement of a bank for three hours and put journalists and men who were attacked with them. At the same time, protesting women were arrested in the provinces and taken to unknown places.
With the passing of each day and with the increasing cruelty and barbarity of the Taliban, the scope of the protests grew bigger and wider, in line with the terror and tyranny of the Taliban, with people shouting slogans like: "bread, work, education, freedom".
The Taliban violated our human dignity. After that, they started arresting the girls they’d abused. First individuals, then 40 other abused girls were caught.
When the roads were taken away from us, we took our protests to closed and underground places. This continues until now.
The Taliban have never had the capacity to listen to the voices of their opponents and they have gone so far with their violence. With each passing day, the true face of this brutal group is more prominent.
On our side, we are the women and people of Afghanistan who have not retreated a single step from our humanitarian demands and we will not do so.
