OTTAWA – Five years after the Taliban capture of Kabul, advocates are urging Canadians not to ignore the oppression of women in Afghanistan.
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OTTAWA – Five years after the Taliban capture of Kabul, advocates are urging Canadians not to ignore the oppression of women in Afghanistan.
OTTAWA – Five years after the Taliban capture of Kabul, advocates are urging Canadians not to ignore the oppression of women in Afghanistan.
“From outside, it’s possible for the world to take action,” said Murwarid Ziayee, senior director of the Calgary-based charity Right to Learn Afghanistan. She was raised in Afghanistan.
“Why (is it) we Afghan women should bear the burden of being resilient and fighting and looking for opportunities?”
The Taliban regained control over the Afghan capital on Aug. 15, 2021, prompting chaotic scenes of hordes of people clinging to foreign military jets in desperate attempts to escape.
Canadian troops spent 13 years in the country as part of a NATO stabilization mission. More than 40,000 Canadian Armed Forces personnel were deployed to Afghanistan in response to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Many were based in Kandahar, a particularly volatile region where western forces sought to push out the Taliban.
Some 158 Canadian soldiers died during the mission, along with civilians such as journalist Michelle Lang. Others died at home by suicide and many suffered physical and psychological injuries.
