... vote, to get an education, to obtain employment, and to receive health care benefits. Now, with the liberation of Kabul along with other Afghan cities, and help from the United States, women are beginning to return to their rightful roles in society, the ones they choose for themselves. ... freedom of movement, and the right to health care. The discrimination they faced was so overwhelming that it was literally life threatening for many Afghan women. The Taliban's restrictions on women are not in line with the reality of other Muslim countries. Women are serving in high government positi...

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• Grade Level: High School

... vote, to get an education, to obtain employment, and to receive health care benefits. Now, with the liberation of Kabul along with other Afghan cities, and help from the United States, women are beginning to return to their rightful roles in society, the ones they choose for themselves. ... freedom of movement, and the right to health care. The discrimination they faced was so overwhelming that it was literally life threatening for many Afghan women. The Taliban's restrictions on women are not in line with the reality of other Muslim countries. Women are serving in high government positi...

• Word Count: 1492
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... , this is the life they lead every day. Since September of 1994, a political group called the Taliban has been committing acts of terrorism toward Afghan women ("The Taliban Story"). Every day, women in Afghanistan are beaten and raped by Taliban officials, in addition to being denied their basic rights (" ... that "Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses" ("The Universal Declaration"). The Taliban frequently kidnaps Afghan girls from their homes and forces them to marry Talib officials (Goodwin 300). This is clearly a violation of human...

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... , including 80 women currently living in Kabul and 80 women who had recently migrated to Pakistan. The interviews were over a period of three months and in a private setting. Sixty-two Afghan women living in Pakistan cited their own security and that of their families." (Ama-assn.org, 1998). They obviously faced economic hardships. They had to find a place to live and ... they had to find food for their children. Most Afghan women realized that their human rights were taken from them so they decided to go to Pakistan. The interviews also asked questions on how to improve their situation....

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... sole source of support for their children. Penalties such as stoning for adultery and the amputation of limbs for theft were imposed. Women who failed to wear the concealing traditional Afghan village garment called a burqa in public and men who did not grow beards were beaten. Although the Taliban gained control of more than two-thirds of the country, their violations ... Afghanistan's highest legislative body. It is estimated that by the early 1990s, 70% of schoolteachers, 50% of government workers and university students, and 40% of doctors in Kabul were women. Afghan women had been ...

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... many challenges, majority being in the form of terrorism and corruption. Terrorism in Pakistan has taken many forms including sectarian violence, increased crime rates due to the influx of Afghan refugees during the Afghan-War etc. It was estimated in 2005 that more than 4,000 people had died in Pakistan in the preceding 25 years due to sectarian strife. A terrorist attack on ... ...

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... was adopted in 1940 by the Muslim League. It was an imagining of a confederation of discontinuous states(Metcalf). It was meant to include provinces such as Punjab, Sind, Balochistan, and Afghan regions(Metcalf). At first, the idea was not politically practical, since Muslim interests were being protected by regional parties in the Muslim majority areas of the North-west and east ... ...

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... is gone. Show respect the Islamic faith, but not the Taliban and their doctrine of hatred. Rebuild and feed the masses. Get them on our side. Aside from the initial Afghan response to our tanks rolling in, I'm afraid this plan doesn't allow for much sizzle on CNN or Fox News, so it may not be acceptable. Nevertheless, it does have an ... ...

• Word Count: 1434
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