Taliban restrictions; Working women: Jobs gone, our lives turned into hell

Yasamin Sat Aug 2025 3 months ago 372

In Balkh province, a number of women who were previously the breadwinners of their families have not only lost their jobs but are now in dire economic and psychological conditions.


Sharifa (a pseudonym), a former employee of the Women’s Affairs Directorate in Balkh, says: “During the Republic, I was the head of the household. My salary supported my family’s life; but with the arrival of the Taliban, the directorate was shut down, and we all became unemployed. Since then, I have had no income. I was forced to sell household items we had bought during the Republic to provide food for my children.”


Banafsha Shakib, a female employee in non-governmental organizations who, for security reasons, does not want her family name disclosed, says: “The Taliban took everything from us; the right to education, the right to work, the right to recreation. Women have been imprisoned in their homes. Many of them have developed mental illnesses. When you take away a person’s freedom and lock them in a cage, there is no longer any room for life; this is exactly what has happened to the women of Afghanistan.”


She emphasizes that women who were previously employed are now in a critical mental and financial state: “Our life has become like hell; we have neither income nor hope.”


Another woman who previously ran a small business in Mazar-e-Sharif says that even her relatives are no longer able or willing to lend her money: “I was involved in selling dishwashing liquid. It was a simple but good life; but after the Taliban came, my business was shut down. I have no capital to start again. Everything we had has been spent on food. Now, most nights, we go to bed half-hungry.”


Since their return to power, the Taliban have imposed a set of strict laws on women. Education for girls above the sixth grade has been banned, women have been excluded from working in governmental and non-governmental institutions, and they have also been prohibited from visiting parks and recreational places.


Despite widespread domestic and international reactions, the group has so far been unwilling to reconsider its policies toward women.

With the fall of the Republic system and the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan, women have faced unprecedented restrictions. This group, by closing the doors of universities and schools to girls above the sixth grade, banning work, and imposing severe restrictions on women’s social presence, has effectively deprived half of the country’s population from participating in public life.

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