Three years after the Taliban returned to power, women are “being erased from society”, warns Amnesty International

As August 14 marked three years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, Camille Ducroquet, campaign manager at Amnesty International France, reminded Radio France that women “are erased from society”. The Taliban have taken “dozens of decrees against women” who are “the first victims of the Taliban regime” and who are “persecuted in all aspects of their lives”.

Amnesty International recalls that“They are prohibited from moving freely, from exercising certain professions, from going to school from the age of 12”which represents “five million girls who are banned from going to school”The return of the Taliban regime also marked the “return of public floggings and stonings, executions”.

Faced with this situation, she urges the French authorities to “welcome Afghan women in exile with visas”. Some Afghan women manage to “flee to countries like Iran or Pakistan” but “continue to face very serious violence, arrest, harassment and risk being returned to Afghanistan”.

Camille Ducroquet deplores the fact that visas are now required in France “delivered drop by drop”which means that “Women wait months or even more than a year to get a response”She recalls that France “welcomed Afghan women three years ago”and has “carried the message of support for Afghan women several times”SO “she must continue to play this role”.

On Thursday 15 August, Amnesty International published the results of a consultation carried out with “150 games” representing Afghan society. “The vast majority of these people believe that the international community has abandoned the Afghan people. Not only has it failed to hold the Taliban accountable for the crimes and human rights violations it has committed, it has also failed to provide strategic direction to prevent further harm.”deplores the association.