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Published by: Guardian and Rukhshana media A few days ago the capital was full of women going about their business. Now, the few that remain walk fast and full of fear Four days after the quick and unexpected invasion of Kabul by the Taliban, the streets of the Afghan capital are almost entirely devoid of women. The few women who are on the streets are wearing the traditional blue burqa, Islamic garb that, while customary in Afghanistan, was not used as widely in Kabul until now. Many women are dressed in the long black clothes commonly worn in the Middle East and Arab nations. All the women are accompanied by a male guardian – a requirement that the Taliban has imposed on women across the country. Many of these women are out grocery shopping; a simple task that has become extremely dangerous for them. It is hard to believe that only a few days ago, Kabul streets were full of women going about their business, despite the encroaching security risk as the Taliban swept across Afghanistan. Now, they walk fast and full of fear, their eyes constantly darting for any potential aggressions from the Taliban fighters who patrol the once vibrant streets. Since the Taliban’s occupation of Afghanistan, all educational centres, schools, universities, government buildings and private offices have been closed. At about 10am, I decide to go into Kabul after staying at home for three days. With my parent’s permission, I take a taxi. The driver tells me that since the Taliban took over Kabul, the number of their female customers has decreased. “Most of the women and girls who used our services are those who live alone. Since they don’t have a male guardian, now they can’t even leave the house,” he says. On the city streets, there are no law or security officials; no police or traffic authorities who once provided a semblance of order. One resident of Kabul says he witnessed the Taliban driving police cars against the traffic in the middle of the road at high speed. Pol e Sorkh, an area famous as the cultural Centre of the young and educated generation of Afghanistan, is no longer lively. Roads and pavements are empty, except for a few sad and depressed-looking men who walk the streets out of boredom. Laila Haidari, the owner of Taj Begum restaurant, wrote on her social media page: “The world changed for us for ever. Taj Begum is no more.” She, along with many businesswomen, closed her restaurant after the fall of Kabul. Another popular restaurant a few hundred meters away, also run by women, is closed. Those restaurants and cafes in Kabul that remain open have no female employees or customers. All beauty salons across the city are closed, but male barbershops are open. I still cannot believe the Taliban have control over Kabul. Taliban armed fighters are present every few hundred metres. When I saw a police car on the street, I felt relief for a moment until I saw Taliban fighters inside. They are using police and national army cars that once gave residents a sense of hope. The Taliban controls all government offices in Kabul, except embassies, and their white flag has replaced the flag of the Afghan republic. I have been trying to interview women who held high positions in Afghanistan’s government, but none have agreed. Today, 19 August, is the 102nd anniversary of Afghanistan’s independence. Yesterday, hundreds of people tried to raise the tricolor Afghanistan flag in Nangarhar province, but were fired on by the Taliban. The situation in Kabul is like a wave in the ocean that might change any moment. There is no law, except the restrictive laws of the Taliban that are unbearable for residents. All banks and money exchange shops are closed. People are in a limbo state of fear and stress. Afghans are afraid that there may be another civil war like the 1990s. “I can’t sleep. I’m worried about what could happen even an hour from now. I hope Afghanistan does not experience another civil and ethnic war,” a Kabul resident says.
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जेन्सी, साउन ३१ । अफगानिस्तानस्थित तालिबानको हातमा पुग्न अब राजधानी काबुल मात्रै बाँकी रहेको छ । राजधानीनजिकको अर्को ठूलो शहर जलालबाद नियन्त्रणमा लिएसँगै अब काबुल मात्रै नियन्त्रणमा जान बाँकी रहेको अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय समाचार संस्थाहरुले जनाएका छन् । तालिबान लडाकुले पछिल्लोपटक पूर्व क्षेत्रको महत्वपूर्ण मानिएको शहर जलालबाद कब्जा गरेका हुन् । तालिबानी लडाकुले बिना रक्तपातपूर्ण युद्ध बिना नै जलालबाद आइतबार बिहान कब्जामा लिएको अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय सञ्चारमाध्यमले उल्लेख गरेका छन् । त्यहाँका गभर्नरले आत्मसमर्पण गरेलगत्तै शहर तालिबानको कब्जामा गएको हो । अफगानिस्तान सरकारको नियन्त्रणमा रहेको प्रमुख र महत्वपूर्ण शहर राजधानी काबुललाई लडाकुहरुले चारैदिशाबाट घरेका छन् । देशका बाँकी भाग नियन्त्रणमा लिएका तालिबानको डरले शरण खोन्दै राजधानी काबुल आइपुगेका शरणार्थीहरु यो खबरले बिचलित बनेका छन् । जलालबाद राजधानी काबुलका लागि रणनीतिक रुपमा निकै महत्वपूर्ण शहर मानिन्छ । पाकिस्तानको पेशावर शहरसँग जोड्ने रणनीतिक राजमार्ग यही भएर जान्छ । यसअघि, लडाकूले उत्तरी क्षेत्रमा सरकारको नियन्त्रणमा रहेको अन्तिम प्रमुख शहर मजार–ए–शरीफ पनि कब्जा गरेका थिए । पछिल्लो हिंसाका कारण साढे दुई लाखभन्दा बढी मानिस विस्थापित भएका छन् । सन् २००१ देखि अफगानिस्तानमा रहेको अमेरिकी नेतृत्वको नेटो सैनिकले धमाधम अफगानिस्तान छाडिरहेका छन् ।