ANKARA - The women whose houses were raided by Taliban, sent our agency some videos they took and said: "Taliban is looking for us on the street right now, firing their guns around."

 

Taliban who took over Afghanistan, continue to harass and pressure women. Detaining and arresting the women who took to the streets for their rights, Taliban has been raiding houses trying to find those women. The women who reached out to our agency, called for help with the videos they sent.

 

 

TALIBAN IS STORMING WOMEN'S HOUSES

 

While no information can be obtained about what happened to the women who were detained by Taliban, Tamana Zaryabi Paryani shared a video she took while Taliban was banging on the door. Paryani said: "Taliban is at our door. My sisters are here". Paryani who said, "Please come tomorrow, come tomorrow and we'll speak, we can't talk now. We don't want to open the door, we won't" to the Taliban militants who were banging on the door in the middle of the night, was detained by these militants.

 

'WE ARE IN DANGER'

 

Calling on United Nations (UN) and other international organisations, women trying to stay alive in Afghanistan told that they are facing death in Afghanistan.The women who requested evacuation with a letter they wrote as The Spontaneous Movement of Afghanistan's Warrior Women (SMAWW) said: "We have raised our voices against Taliban's violence and oppression in a time where everybody was silent. We defended human values and gave the people hope to fight for their rights. Our movement lead to other women in other provinces to take to the streets and motivated them to fight against violence and demand human rights. The fact that our movement was growing and having an effect on women scared Taliban and he started hunting us. We take more risks and found other ways to continue our struggle. Now Taliban is going from door to door hunting us. Our lives are in danger and this danger is too real." Stating that they are changing places frequently to stay alive, the women called for help to be evacuated from Afghanistan.

 

'WE ARE GOING THROUGH A NIGHTMARE'

 

One of the women who reached out to our agency with a video to be heard, Shakire Baresh, said: "I am asking for help from all the women, all the people hearing me right now. I am Shakire Baresh. I am one of the women who took to the streets after Kabul fell. We took to the street for our rights, for children's rights, for the rights of our sisters and brothers. You can see the nightmare we are facing right now. We have gone through a nightmare and we continue to do so. We feel like its the end of the world. We can't get our voices be heard. There is no place for us to take refuge. We are stuck here with a terror group. Please hear us and defend us. Help us be heard by the world."

 

'CALL TO THE MEN'

 

One of the women who sent a video, Arifa Fatimy shared the information that 4 of her friends were taken by Taliban. Arifa Fatimy told that she did not know those women are still alive or not and said: "They probably raided other houses and took other women too. We don't know how many women were detained or weather they are alive. I demand from our people, especially men to wake up. The night is long. The darkness we are in is too deep. They will take us one by one and kill us if you don't raise your voice now."

 

TALIBAN FIRING AROUND ON THE STREET

 

Wahida Amiri who have been sharing the videos of their demonstration, trying to get the Afghan women be heard for a long time, shoot a video of Taliban militants firing around and looking for the them from the window and sent it to us. Amira said: "Taliban is getting wilder and moore rootless by the day. He is picking up women and activist one by one from their houses. We are in a very tight spot. We want the United Nations (UN) and international organisations defending human's rights and women's rights to hear us. We are also asking for the women in the world to pressure their government into pressuring Taliban."

 

'MILLIONS UNDER TALIBAN THREAT'

 

Stating that she could be detained any moment, Wahida Amiri said: "As you see Taliban are looking for us in the street right now and firing around. Tamana Pariani, Parwan, Mercan and I can be detained by Taliban any moment. And we are not the only ones at risk here. Millions are under Taliban threat. Please hear our voices and pressure your country to put pressure on Taliban."

  

 

MA / Gözde Çağrı Özköse