A year after the Taliban seized power Economic deterioration in Afghanistan due to lack of aid

In 15 days, it will be a year since the Islamist Taliban seized power in Afghanistan.

While the Taliban's interim government is promoting governance based on Islamic law, the international community is increasingly criticizing it for restricting women's rights, and the focus will be on responding to human rights issues in the future.

In Afghanistan, on August 15 last year, the Taliban took control of Kabul, the capital, while the US military, which had been responsible for maintaining security, was withdrawing, and then established an interim government.

The interim government is promoting governance based on Islamic law based on its own interpretation, and has indicated guidelines for women to cover their faces and bodies with cloth when going out, and female students attending junior high and high schools in Japan. I still don't approve of the class, saying "the environment is not in place".

The United Nations and other organizations have repeatedly sought to improve the situation, but the Taliban have not responded, so no country has ever approved the regime.

In Afghanistan, most of the national budget has been covered by aid from the international community, but the lack of aid has caused the economy to deteriorate and food shortages to become serious.

The WFP = World Food Program has shown a strong sense of crisis that 18.9 million people, one in two people in Afghanistan, are at risk of food shortages.

Under these circumstances, the Taliban is requesting support and unfreezing of overseas assets, but the international community is increasingly criticizing the restrictions on women's rights, and the focus will be on responding to human rights issues in the future.

UN Human Rights Expert “Women and Girls Are Systemically Oppressed”

United Nations human rights experts, including the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, jointly issued a statement Monday, marking 15 years since the Islamist Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. announced.

"Since August 2021, we have witnessed numerous human rights abuses by the Taliban, particularly the de facto elimination and systematic oppression of women and girls," the statement said. "Discrimination and violence cannot be justified for any reason," he said, adding that "the future of the Afghan people will continue to grow unless the international community does more to ensure that the Taliban change their behavior and uphold their human rights obligations." As de facto rulers, they seek international recognition and legitimacy, but should not be on the road to recognition unless they make major strides in respect for human rights.” I'm complaining.

In addition to demanding that the Taliban comply with international human rights law and international humanitarian law, respect the rights of girls and women to education and employment, and protect the rights of ethnic minorities.

Economy worsens, capital Kabul residents complain of hardships

Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the economy has been deteriorating due to stagnant international aid and continued freezes on foreign assets.

A 26-year-old man from Kabul, the capital, said, ``The situation is better than before, with no more wars in which the blood of the youth is shed. However, he complained about the current situation in which life is difficult.

A 62-year-old man said, "My family and I have lost our jobs and we have no pay. People are complaining that there are no jobs. Many people are trying to go abroad, to Turkey or Iran." I was.

Due to the economic downturn, people begging for money are becoming more prominent in Kabul.

Among them, a woman in her 30s lost her husband, who was her worker, in a bombing terrorism, and she is begging to live with her three remaining children.

The woman said, "My 10-year-old son also earns money by shining shoes on the street, but the income is not enough. One of my daughters is disabled. How can I survive?" he said.

A 12-year-old who doesn't go to school and supports his family by begging.

The economic downturn is also casting a shadow over children's dreams for the future.

Roed, 12, from Kabul, the capital, spends every day from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. begging at crossroads in the city.

When Roed was two years old, her father was killed by a militant group, and her family was torn apart.

Unable to force his elderly grandmother and older sister to work, Roed does not attend school and supports his family by begging.

Since the Taliban took power, however, the economy has deteriorated and income has fallen to half of what it used to be.

In addition, I can't pay the rent of the apartment, and I'm being pressured by the landlord to evict.

Mr. Roed said, ``The price of wheat and food has risen and I can't buy it.I wanted to go to school and become an engineer, but I have to feed my family, so my dream won't come true.'' .

Her grandmother Zuleka said, "I cry every night because I don't know if I can support my children. There is no one to help me. What should I do?"

IS intensifies attacks, fears of another hotbed of terrorism

In Afghanistan, some people say that security has improved somewhat since the Taliban seized power in August last year. and attacks on Shia Muslims.

Of these, at least 10 people were killed in the capital Kabul, where there were successive explosions on the 5th and 6th of this month.

Also, regarding the international terrorist organization "Al-Qaeda," the United States announced on the 1st of this month that it had killed its leader, Zawahiri, who was hiding in Kabul. indicated the policy.

Since the international community is calling on the Taliban not to make Afghanistan a hotbed of terrorism again, attention will be paid to how the Taliban will explain and respond in the future.

Expert: “International community should continue to be concerned”

Irfan Ashraf, an assistant professor at the University of Peshawar who is familiar with the situation in Afghanistan, said of the Taliban interim government, "The Taliban have not yet been able to demonstrate that they are no longer an extremist organization, and they have not been able to build good relations with the people. It is necessary to keep checking what is happening in Afghanistan," he said. While interest in Afghanistan has declined due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and other factors, the international community will continue to take an interest in preventing the region from destabilizing. emphasized that it should

Regarding al-Qaeda, an international terrorist organization that has been linked to the Taliban, Associate Professor Irfan said, ``Although it is not a threat to the United States, it is possible to cooperate with another group based in Afghanistan, and in the future. There is a possibility that it will become a threat to the world.In Afghanistan, the activities of the extremist organization IS (Islamic State) are becoming active, and there is a possibility that al Qaeda and IS members will act together." sounded the alarm.