If most women have equal rights around the world, why must Afghan women have to go through so much to live their lives? Why is it so different for them? There are so many Afghan women that are either punished or killed every day by the Taliban. The way that Afghan women are forced to live is a way that no woman should ever live no matter where she is from. The Taliban, an extreme religious group, controlled women's everyday lives, often in a harsh way and enforced strict laws with very harsh consequences.
The Taliban, which is the plural form of Talib, is a Pashto word for students of Islam or seekers of knowledge. An alternate spelling of the word is "Taleban". Priests trained at madrasahs in Pakistan began to call themselves the Taliban when they started a revolt against the Afghan government in 1996 ("Terrorism Glossary"). Madrasahs are basically buildings or groups of buildings used to teach people Islamic theology and religious law. These typically include a mosque. The Taliban has been active from 1994 to 1996, 1996 to 2001, and 2004 to present time ("Taliban"). The Taliban is mostly known for its extremely strict laws. The Taliban law system is something that mostly influences the lives of all Afghan women. .
Because women live under the Taliban, they are forced to be live under extremely harmful and difficult conditions. "Women have no importance in Taliban eyes unless they are occupied producing children, satisfying male sexual needs or attending to the drudgery of daily housework ("Restrictions Imposed")." Since women are so restricted in almost everything, their lives are pretty much full of boredom and routine. If they were to do something that was against the Taliban law, their punishment would definitely be an extreme form of abuse. For an example, there was a young woman in Afghanistan named Bibi Aisha. She went to live with her husband's father and his ten brothers.