Tag: afghanistan and taliban

On Dec. 20, the Taliban government suspended higher education for women, marking another low for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as the government is officially known. Its leaders vacillated for more than a year about allowing girls to resume their education but has now dashed the hope, aspiration and ambition of millions of women in the country. 

I am a Muslim woman who grew up in Pakistan, a neighboring country of Afghanistan. I fail to comprehend what kind of Islam Taliban represent.