If we talk about the accomplishments or impact of post-war between the greater middle east and the west, we will notice nobody gained anything out of it. While millions lost their lives, soldiers suffered severe consequences and injuries. So many resources were utilized, and if those had been allocated to some betterment of society would be a different story today.
Women living in Afghanistan are under a consistent threat by the Taliban, who is supposedly ruling them and announcing these new bans and restrictions on a daily basis. Sometimes, I am compelled to think and wonder, are we seriously living in two realms that actually exist only for women? and why? Why are only women restricted? What harm do women cause to society if they go to a gym or park? Why is the Taliban fixated and obsessed with controlling women? Aren't women allowed to be healthy? Women can't study; they can't wear certain clothes; they die protesting for their fundamental rights; they can't drive - I mean, are you for real?!? It seems like the agenda is women should live like they're in jail because if not, the control will be passed onto them as soon as possible, and the Taliban will be doomed.
The Taliban overestimates the power of women while the women underestimate themselves. It's like the weaponry war may be over, but the war that women in these countries and globally fight every day have been ongoing for centuries.
"One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world," is a famous quote by Malala Yousafzai, who the Taliban shot at the age of 15 on the morning of October 9, 2012. She was headed home from school and was talking to her friends about schoolwork. Two members of the Taliban stopped the bus. A young Talib asked for Malala by name and fired three shots at her at point-blank range from a Colt 45-calibre revolver with almost zero survival chance. Doctors in Pakistan saved her life by removing a piece of skull, reducing pressure on her brain as it swelled from the shock wave. The large hole that doctors left -- approximately one-third of one side of her head -- will now be covered in a surgery known as a titanium cranioplasty, according to nydailynews, abcnews.go and nobleprize.
Later, Malala Yousafzai became an international symbol of the fight for girls' education. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at the age of 17 for her fight for the right of every child to receive an education. She was born in the Swat Valley in Pakistan. When the Islamic Taliban movement took control of the valley in 2008, girls' schools were burned down.
Malala, now 25 years old, says her final wish is to continue to fight and inspire others through hope.
With that, we hope that if these restrictions on women can be lifted, we can see what a beautiful world it would be.
# Free Women
# Free Women of Afghanistan
# Equal Rights
# Education is empowerment
# Without a woman, there is no man.
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