Afghan women in the 1960s and 1970s:
Afghan women in the late 60s
Student, Kabul University of Technology, 1975.
Children in Kabul take pictures on the streets in November 1961
In 1979, women shopping on the streets walked through kabul markets.
In March 1967, a group of women left Kabul Airport
Kabul girls in bookstores
Higher Normal University of Afghanistan
Member of the Democratic Women's Organization founded by Anahita Ratebzad (1965 Kabul).
Scholarships were awarded to female students at kabul university
The baby ward in Kabul teaches women how to treat after the baby is born
The Guldara Theater, where films such as FBI Stories and Dirty Dozen are popular among Afghan women
The Afghan Girl Scouts learn tactics as part of the school curriculum
Women of Pashtuns, Afghanistan (1971)
Other photographs depicting the prosperity and freedom of Afghan women
Afghanistan - Banorama 1970
Right now..
Status of Afghan women in the 21st century:
Houses built in Kabul provided shelter for women from brutal violence perpetrated by their families, husbands or brothers. Shelters also provide shelter for rape victims, acid attack victims, etc.
Married women are beaten to the bone by their husbands, brothers-in-law or father-in-law without the support of someone they once loved
Nehal, 19, tried to connect with her mother after fleeing her violent brother
Afghan women are forced to marry rapists
Afghan women are sold and married as "bride slaves" by people they trust
Treatment of the Taliban
In 2019, Afghanistan ranked first on the UN Commission on Human Rights' list of the worst women
Stage opera performances hope to restore the lost respect for Afghan women
If women are insecure, uneducated or locked up in cages, a country can never achieve anything and society has no chance of success
—Khalid Husseini, "A Thousand Brilliant Suns"