Beginning with the Soviet occupation in December 1979, Afghanistan witnessed a decade long war. The Mujahedeen fought against the Soviets. They
were supported by external forces, funding, and political interests by the United States, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and China. They were suspicious of the Soviet
socialist agenda to annihilate the traditional culture and religion of Afghanistan. It was a war in the name of Islam, emphasizing a reversal of all socialist policies
including those that guaranteed women liberties through education and employment.
3. The History of Mujahedeen Regime
After years of civil wars, Najibullah was overthrown in April 1992 by the forces of Mujahedeen and some army alliances. The Mujahedeen groups then
began fighting each other to win control of Kabul and other major cities. However, none of the political groups could establish an effective central
authority so there were no laws spread across the country. Therefore, the citizens were suffering from the situation and the phenomenon of human right violation
everywhere, especially human right violation for women and children. No one felt save to live there. It is stated in Woman in Afghanistan – a Human right
Catastrophe, a document of Amnesty International. Thousands of unarmed civilian women have been killed by unexpected
and deliberate artillery attacks on their homes. The vast majority have been killed in Kabul. They have been blown up or hit by rockets or bullets while walking in
the street, waiting at bus stops, working in their houses or sheltering in large
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buildings. Many have died or been injured in attacks aimed at mosques, schools and hospitals. Similar attacks have been carried out on residential areas in other
parts of the country http:www.rawa.orgai-women.htm. By the coming of Islamic fundamentalists in 1992, women’s right
participation in social, economic, cultural and political life of the country was curtailed and denied. Women were totally violated of the right to education, of the
right to work, of the right to travel or go out alone, of the right to health, of the right to legal recourse, of the right to recreation and of the right to being human.
They could not show their faces in public to male strangers, they could not wear bright colored clothing, they could not put on make-up, they could only appear
outside wear burqas, they could not wear shoes with heels that click, they could not travel in private vehicles with male passengers, they did not have the right to
raise their voices when talking in public, they could not laugh loud as it lures males into corruption, etc. Those are the phenomenon of human right violations
against women.
4. The History of Taliban Regime
