The denial of basic human and women's rights in Afghanistan by the Taliban is unjustifiable - interview
At the same time, a number of women are trying to restore the lost position of women in the politics and society of the country and to end the deprivations and restrictions of this group.
Shinkai Krukhil, a former member of parliament, Afghanistan's former ambassador to Canada and one of the country's political activists, has left the country with the arrival of the Taliban and is now forming civil-political rallies abroad with other women. She says that she wants to enable Afghan women to speak up.
Krukhil, along with other women lawyers in the former Afghan parliament, is currently involved in political and civic activities abroad and has announced the formation of a "women's advocacy group."
Earlier, a number of media outlets reported about the formation of a "parallel parliament" by these political activists abroad, about which Ms. Krukhil exclaimed: "This parliament is neither a parallel nor a virtual parliament, but a litigation group that can raise its voice in support of Afghan women and of all the people of Afghanistan in general."
She criticized: "How can the Taliban justify forgetting half of the population (women)? Undoubtedly, it is unjustifiable. Do they not have capability, potential, experience that they are now left out (by the Taliban)! Ignoring women in the structure of the current system is like the claiming of a person that he can lift a big burden off the ground with one hand, and which makes him to fail."
Asked whether she had conveyed the women's demands to the Taliban, she said: "I have no direct connection with the Taliban, because I have been threatened by them several times in the past and I have even been forced to leave Afghanistan several times. But we conveyed our message to them through interviews, conferences and other discourses, but apparently they were not willing to listen to us."
The Taliban had a good chance
Criticizing the Taliban government's current policies, the former member of parliament added: "The Taliban had a good opportunity to gain the trust and confidence of the Afghan people. They should have sought help from qualified or competent personalities, and they should have established political participation in the true sense of the word."
She added: "One-party rule and one-ethnic rule is not what is understood as an inclusive government. The Taliban have thought, for example, that appointing Mavlavi Hanafi as a minister would include all Turkmen or Uzbeks in their government, which is not the case. If the method of the Taliban governing continues as it has been thus far and if they do not share power with other classes, ethnicities and qualified citizens, they will be in complete isolation."
The solution is to form an inclusive government!
Ms. Krukhil asserts: "It is very difficult to predict the future correctly, because sometimes there are changes that can not be predicted at all. However, there are two possible options:
either the Taliban will carry out the necessary reforms in their governance and, with the participation of intellectual elites and citizens from differing ethnicities and classes, form an inclusive government, or that the Taliban will adhere to their current policies firmly and will not change the way they have governed so far."
"Given the current situation of the Taliban, which is even embroiled in internal strife, it is unlikely that their rule will last for long, if this situation continues," he added. "So the situation in the future depends, in part, on how wisely the Taliban will act and how they will deal with other tribes and other influential forces in Afghanistan's political and social affairs!"
The former member of parliament also said, "The Taliban are facing two problems: one is that some countries in the region, such as Pakistan, are trying to prevent the group from changing its political and governmental approach. In that case, a weak Afghanistan in need of Islamabad aid would rule in Kabul.
Another problem is the joining of former military personell to ISIS and other terrorist and insurgent groups, which is itself a major threat to the region, Afghanistan and the Taliban. The international community is also very concerned about this situation and is trying to curb it by engaging with the group's government, provided the Taliban themselves are cooperative. This is because the international community does not want Afghanistan to reach a point where the situation is out of control."
The situation will change
"Women, youth and the people of Afghanistan in general should not lose hope and be disappointed, because it has long been said that 'disappointment is death,'" she said. "The situation will change, and we must work patiently and fight for the goals we have ahead."
"My message as a woman to all Afghans is not to leave women alone in this situation," Krukhil concluded. She states: "Women's education is the common responsibility of all of us that we must work for. We can use our civic and grassroots activities to force governments to obey the will of the Afghan people."
Source:
"Shinkai Krukhil in conversation with Shafaqna." Shafaqna Afghanistan, 12 Dec. 2021, https://af.shafaqna.com/FA/491777. Accessed on 12 Dec. 2021.
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