Afghanistan Women Research Paper

In the 1900s, life for women in Afghanistan was advanced and satisfying for Afghan women. There were many opportunities for females to form their own lives and live for themselves, with no men or law holding them back. However, once the Invasion of 1979 began, the Taliban began to rise seizing control of the government. Changing laws and restricting women’s life in educational, social, and governmental aspects, life for women became an everyday challenge. Now, women are being to grab the reigns of their life and take back their freedoms, but seem to find challenges on their way to success. The harsh rule and laws from the Taliban has set freedoms in Afghanistan backwards, poorly affecting all levels of Afghan society. Because of the Invasion of 1979 and the rule of the Taliban, Rights
Even though Afghan women were privileged with many rights, the Invasion and the start of the Taliban began the terrorizing behavior towards Afghan women. During the Soviet Invasion of 1979, the American government began to plot against the Soviets, willing to go to any measures defeating them. Because of this, the U.S. began to support Afghan during the Soviet invasion. With American backing Afghanistan, President Carter planned to support Afghanistan and defend them from the soviets. Showing his devotion for Afghanistan, “President Carter wrote a sharply-worded letter to Brezhnev denouncing Soviet aggression, and during his State of the Union address he announced his own doctrine vowing to protect Middle Eastern oil supplies from encroaching Soviet power” (U.S. Department of State). Sending in their help to Afghanistan, the U.S. set up camps in Afghanistan to train Afghan fighters. The Americans planned for these fighters camps to train afghans fight soviet’s, but the outcomes were much worse than they planned for. Once the Taliban was created, many of the Taliban members were the “former Mujahideen