However, it is how she intends to “open the eyes” of the Taliban rulers and school them on restoring the rights of women to education that is most interesting.
For the Taliban, Afghan women do not exist. They are invisible. They have no rights, no voice, no presence, nor do they have any power, not even in their own homes.
The Taliban do not consider women their equal but treat them as inferior beings. At the third anniversary of gaining control of Afghanistan, no women reporters were allowed to the “celebrations”. Even human rights NGOs had to stop women from distributing aid in Afghanistan.
So, are we to believe that Fadhlina actually met and shook hands with the Taliban delegation led by its Education Ministry director-general Shahabuddin Saqib? If Fadhlina was recognised and accepted as a women leader, what would the Afghan women think of this hypocrisy by its menfolk?
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