Frozan Rahmani lived through the Taliban's first reign in Afghanistan, when the Islamist group rolled back the rights of Afghan women. Now, from Canada, she's watching it happen again — and warning the world through a new documentary.
Rahmani is an Afghan journalist who was forced to flee the western-backed government in Kabul after investigating corruption allegations. She said she could not sit idle after the Taliban victory last summer and watch the slow eradication of the social progress women had made in their absence.
Her advice to Farhat, she said, is to cling to her dream of an education through "all those tears and sorrow." From here she can only watch the daily struggles of Afghan women, the protests they stage briefly before the authorities shut them down — sometimes violently. The war in Ukraine may be consuming the world's attention but Rahmani is determined to wake up the West to what's happening in her former home."It motivated me to be not silent to raise [and] raise awareness," she said. "I totally found myself [in] those interviews I just collected recently.
Shortly after taking over, the Taliban promised more than once to continue to respect the place women had carved out for themselves in society. Nipa Banerjee, Canada's former head of development aid in Afghanistan, said each of those pledges has been slowly walked back. "I would say this is one of the reasons why we should keep talking to the Taliban, keep engaged with the Taliban, so that we know what is going on. If they are completely isolated, we abandon them, along with the people of Afghanistan, the very poor, ordinary Afghans."No country has yet recognized the Taliban regime as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.
Taliban fighters stand guard during a women's protest in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. Education for girls and children in general was a top priority for the Canadian government when Crosbie served as ambassador. The Conservative government of the day had laid out a five-year plan to assist Afghanistan's efforts to educate its kids.
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