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    In present day in Afghanistan, the rulers that were in control after the collapse of the Taliban regime have sought to improve the living conditions and rights of Afghan women. For instance, while they were barred from going to school under the Taliban, they were allowed to go to school once again, but because of their inability to get access to education under the Taliban, including those who did and did not go to school, this has affected their ability to learn. One of these inabilities is being

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    In Afghanistan, Women’s rights were very denied and completely dismissed. Women were treated horribly. They were beaten, abused verbally, and even killed. Under the rule of the Taliban, women were better off staying in the safety of their own homes. The Taliban are an Islamic political movement. They ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. When they took over, several new laws, rules, and restrictions were made. The laws made for Afghan women were much more brutal than those for men. Women

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    The Fight for Education in Taliban-Stricken Countries On September 11, 2001 Al Qaida operatives took control of four airplanes that would kill more than a thousand innocent Americans souls. This attack on American soil will be forever remembered. When the World Trade Center towers crumbled, the Pentagon was on fire, and when an airplane plunged into an empty field, the war on terrorism was declared. The investigation to find the people responsible for these attacks led the U.S forces to Afghanistan

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    Human Rights Paper The Taliban is an Islamic fundamentalist political movement which came to power as Afghanistan’s government in 1996 but was overthrown by the U.S. after 9-11 in 2001. The official government put into power by the U.S. after the Taliban overthrow was headed by President Hamid Karzai, but he and his government mostly only had power in Kabul and Kandahar, urban cities. After the Taliban, the misogynistic Mujahedeen regained power in many rural parts of Afghanistan, where they forced

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    they promised peace and preached basic traditions of Islam. Many people agreed with the idea that Islam should be more like the way it used to be. The Taliban used these beliefs and put them into law. Because Sunni fundamentals were the basis of the group. it was particularly easy for them to gain followers incredibly quickly, consequently The Taliban massacred many people, including the Christians, the Hazaras (the minority ethnic group), and anyone who disagreed with them. The living conditions were

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    Malala Yousafzai became a target of the Taliban in Pakistan because 1) she was a girl who attended school, 2) she spoke out about women’s rights to education and 3) she was 14 years old she was awarded the Pakistan’s Youth Peace Prize. The Taliban shot her in the head when she was riding the bus home from school, however, she survived and continued to speak out. Malala has become an important voice for speaking out for equality and education for women. She is still only 19 and her achievements

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    On Monday, Taliban forces executed an assault on the city called Lashkar Gah. THe assault started with a suicide bomber and ended with Afghan forces pushing back the Taliban. Them bomber managed to kill fourteen people, and ten of them were police officers. They attempted to take over Lashkar Gah because it would give them complete control of the province, Helmand. When I began reading this I became surprised how taliban forces are making all of this push that had lasted a week and I read about

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    when the Taliban gained control in 1996, the Islamic State of Afghanistan began a period of regulation which can be considered the most restricted in the world. Censorship is the act of a government or powerful group filtering information, news, and media to fit approved topics and categories. Under censorship, the people now have to be cautious of what they write, say, or do because if it’s deemed "offensive" or “illegal”, they can be penalized. ("Definitions of Censorship") The Taliban, an Islamic

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    The History of Taliban and their War Against Women: The Taliban emerged as a rebellious movement after the invasion of the soviet troupes in Afghanistan. Despite the Pakistan and the U.S providing the soviet troupes with adequate military and financial support, the Mujahedeen were able to inflict massive losses to the foreign troupes. During the wars between the Mujahedeen and the Soviets, about fifteen thousand soviet soldiers perished as a result of war inflicted deaths. The soviet troupes left

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    by the Taliban is written by Malala Yousafzai and was published in 2013 by Back Bay Books.The story revolves around teenager, Malala Yousafzai, and her life in the Swat Valley of Pakistan. Malala is a child activist who fights for girls rights to education. However, in Pakistan the Taliban is extremely against women doing anything without a man by their side. Malala’s travels and speaks on the importance of education, but this public puts her in danger of getting punished by the taliban. I am Malala:

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