What is freedom? By definition, freedom is not being under person's
             control and having the power to do or say as one pleases. Many women presently
             in Afghanistan, are living a meaningless life. No one has the right to take there
             freedom away from them. Many government officials in Afghanistan find the
             women's lives there worthless. In this paper I will tell you about how the women
             On September 27,1996, a extremist militia, the Taliban, took control of
             Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. There goal was to segregate the country so the
             women had no rights also know as gender apartheid. On this date the women
             there lost all of their freedom. This militia consists of young men and boys who
             have been taught in refugee camps, their whole lives that this is the way of life.
             These young men are not even aware they are morally wrong. They demanded
             gender apartheid which took away all of the rights of women. Under Taliban rule,
             women could not be seen, be heard, or be given the chance to go anywhere.
             Very strict rules are pressed upon the women and if they are disobeyed, very
             strict consequences will have to be served (RAWA).
             Here in America people take for granted the little things, like being able to
             go to school and become educated. The women in Afghanistan are not allowed
             to be educated and are banished from the work place. In America if our officials
             stated us that the women could not work, many families would be devastated.
             The Talibans in Afghanistan have stripped the women of their own identity by
             forcing them to wear burqas, clothing which covers the whole body except eyes.
             When the women get sick, they cannot be examined by a male physicians; but at
             the same time the women cannot practice medicine (The Feminist Majority).
             Right now, women and children are starving, being abused, and dying
             under the Taliban decrees. Widows are forced to beg for food because they...