From usatodayopinion: 'These devastatingly sad scenes foreshadow the painful reality that women in Afghanistan are being left behind, unprotected from the brutal militant regime as fathers, sons, brothers and husbands try to flee.'
Afghan men clinging to planes, some falling to their death – tell the story of the desperation among those living in Afghanistan just hours after a Taliban government takeover.It's men, and boys, climbing up jetways, trying to board planes. It's men, running alongside a rolling U.S. military plane as it tries to take off.
These devastatingly sad scenes foreshadow the painful reality that women in Afghanistan are being left behind, unprotectedAtrocities in AfghanistanLikely locked in their homes, hiding and crippled by fear and the idea that they are being abandoned. Even if they haven't lived it, these women know the brutal history of the Taliban – the enslavement, the torture, the complete disregard for their rights. It's gut-wrenching to try to conceive; imagine living it.
Before the fall of the Taliban in 2001, the regime implemented a warped version of sharia, Islamic law, forced women to wear burqas, prohibited them from pursuing an education and forbadethem to work outside the home or even leave their homes without a male guardian. Those who defied law were publicly beaten.
“We are deeply concerned about reports regarding the Taliban’s brutal treatment of all Afghans, especially women and girls," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday."The U.S., the international community and the Afghan government must do everything we can to protect women and girls from inhumane treatment by the Taliban.”President Joe Biden authorized the deployment of 6,000 U.S. troops to evacuate diplomats and civilians. Yes, those people who assisted U.S.
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