The Abuse of Women Under the Taliban
The Abuse of Women Under the Taliban In the supplemental text from the time magazine article we read a woman is beaten and abused by her husband and brother-in-law. She attempts to run away in efforts to save her life. We see, as we read this excerpt from the article, the common theme of cruelty and mistreatment of women under the Taliban:
“The Taliban pounded on the door just before midnight, demanding that Aisha, 18, be punished for running away from her husband 's house. They dragged her to a mountain clearing near her village in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, ignoring her protests that her in-laws had been abusive, that she had no choice but to escape. Shivering in the cold air and blinded by the flashlights trained on her by her husband 's family, she faced her spouse and accuser. Her in-laws treated her like a slave, Aisha pleaded. They beat her. If she hadn 't run away, she would have died. Her judge, a local Taliban commander, was unmoved. Later, he would tell Aisha 's uncle that she had to be made an example of lest other girls in the village try to do the same thing. The commander gave his verdict, and men moved in to deliver the punishment. Aisha 's brother-in-law held her down while her husband pulled out a knife. First he sliced off her ears. Then he started on her nose. Aisha passed out from the pain but awoke soon after, choking on her own blood. The men had left her on the mountainside to die.” (Baker/Kabul,1). In fact as we have read in the article her judge is a Taliban leader than not only condones this injustice but also enforces it. This compares to an event in the kite runner when Hassan 's mom returns to Baba 's house beaten and bloody as described in this quote:
“We lay her on the sofa and off her burqa. Beneath it, we found a toothless woman with stringy graying hair and sores on her arms. She looked like she had not eaten for days. But the worst of it by far was her face. Someone had taken a knife to it and... Amir jan,
“The Taliban pounded on the door just before midnight, demanding that Aisha, 18, be punished for running away from her husband 's house. They dragged her to a mountain clearing near her village in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, ignoring her protests that her in-laws had been abusive, that she had no choice but to escape. Shivering in the cold air and blinded by the flashlights trained on her by her husband 's family, she faced her spouse and accuser. Her in-laws treated her like a slave, Aisha pleaded. They beat her. If she hadn 't run away, she would have died. Her judge, a local Taliban commander, was unmoved. Later, he would tell Aisha 's uncle that she had to be made an example of lest other girls in the village try to do the same thing. The commander gave his verdict, and men moved in to deliver the punishment. Aisha 's brother-in-law held her down while her husband pulled out a knife. First he sliced off her ears. Then he started on her nose. Aisha passed out from the pain but awoke soon after, choking on her own blood. The men had left her on the mountainside to die.” (Baker/Kabul,1). In fact as we have read in the article her judge is a Taliban leader than not only condones this injustice but also enforces it. This compares to an event in the kite runner when Hassan 's mom returns to Baba 's house beaten and bloody as described in this quote:
“We lay her on the sofa and off her burqa. Beneath it, we found a toothless woman with stringy graying hair and sores on her arms. She looked like she had not eaten for days. But the worst of it by far was her face. Someone had taken a knife to it and... Amir jan,
Bibliography: Ahmedi, Farah, and Tamim Ansary. "Escape from Afghanistan." (n.d.): 309-13. Print. Baker/Kabul, Aryn. "Afghan Women and the Return of the Taliban." Time 09 Aug. 2010: 1-6. Print. Coval, Kevin. "Family Feud." (n.d.): n. pag. Print. Donne, John. "No Man Is An Island." (n.d.): n. pag. Print. The Hazaras. 14 Aug. 2006. Lesson 1 handout. Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. New York: Riverhead, 2003. Print.