Afghanistan+Today

Afghanistan Today Today in Afghanistan, there are still so many problems and issues. The major issues faced include the taliban, and government . Due to all of the fighting going on, in the past and still to this day, Afghanistan relies heavily on foreign aid.

The Taliban originated as a movement of hard-line religious students in Afghanistan and gained control of the country in the mid-1990s.The Taliban’s reign of terror has prompted a series of advertisements in local Urdu newspapers from petrified Swat residents trying to renounce their offences to avoid brutal punishment. There have been 51 Taliban executions since the start of the year. The victims include politicians, security men, dancers, prostitutes and shopkeepers selling alcohol. Although Afghanistan is under an Islamic presidential republic government led by Hamid Karzai, the taliban is still very much alive and around.

Another major problem they are facing today is education for children. "Under Taliban rule, Afghanistan in the 1990s banned education for girls and forced most working women to return to their homes." Just as recent as December 2008. "In a northern valley where Taliban guerrillas have been waging a bloody war against security forces for more than a year, hard-liners have blown up or burned down some 170 schools, most of them for girls. Then in December, a warning by militants in a pirate radio broadcast: All schools for girls should close by Jan. 15."



Other problems like poverty and abuse are major conflicts. For women, if they refuse to wear a veil or dance in public they could be punisheby death. Also, women, even today are choosing to end their own lives, rather then be beaten by their husbands. Many women have doused themselves in kerosene and lit themselves on fire. "I felt as if it was my only choice" one woman said, even after recovering from her attempt.