In those days of the past from 1996 to 2001 when the Taliban had deprived them of all rights, access to education, to work, forced to wear a burqa and only able to leave the house accompanied by a male family member who he would "guard" them.

The Taliban today declare that they have changed and will respect rights, but their actions show otherwise. In early July when they took control of the provinces of Badakhstan and Tahar they demanded that the local religious leaders give them a list of girls over 15 and widows under 45 in order to "marry" them to their soldiers. We still don't know what happened. Offering "wives" is a tactic to lure men to join the Taliban. It is actually sexual slavery and its enforcement under the guise of marriage is a war crime and a crime against humanity under Article 27 of the Geneva Convention.

The specific mandate of the Taliban made many women and their families flee from these places. In the last three months, an estimated 900,000 people have fled their homes. In addition, their intentions were also shown with the ban on the education of girls older than 12 years, with the ban on work and the reinstatement of the escort law in order for women to leave the house.

As soon as they occupied Erat they issued a statement that the burqa in public places is compulsory.

As they neared Kabul, the women prepared by purchasing the one-piece fabric in shades of blue that makes up the Afghan burqa and covers them completely with a net at eye level. In the past of the Taliban if a woman did not wear it she was severely punished even with public flogging. And while in 2001 with their fall some continued to wear it, many rejected it symbolizing a new beginning for women who could now choose what to wear. Now the Taliban advance has brought the burghers out of the dusty cupboards. In fact, as the fear grows, so does the price of the burqa, from 200 AFs (around 2.5 euros) last year, now it has reached 2000-3000 AFs.

In Kabul 2/3 of women are under 30 and most had not lived under Taliban rule. Many of them were studying at university, had dreams of working and now these are being destroyed and their identity is disappearing. The photo of the man who "erases" women by painting the posters with the female models in a bridal shop is already going around the world.

Feeling the difficult times experienced by women in Afghanistan and the equally difficult times that seem to be coming, it becomes even more understandable to us that first women themselves need to organize themselves to defend their rights against patriarchal systems that so easily abolish. In addition, we are waiting for the intervention of the United Nations with drastic measures to protect the women of Afghanistan from the horrors.

Measures for an immediate ceasefire, measures to respect women's rights, by monitoring their observance and otherwise by imposing sanctions. Enforce the participation of Afghan women in the peace processes that will follow, that there be no impunity for those who practice sexual violence and that those women who are subjected to it have the protection of the law and access to justice.