"Afghan Girls Abandoned and Silenced" 7/27/2025

                        "Afghan Girls Abandoned and Silenced"

On CNN’s Amanpour, a group of Afghan girls spoke anonymously about life under Taliban rule. Their voices, distorted for safety, revealed a reality of forced silence, stolen education, and suffocating restrictions. Denied schooling beyond sixth grade, these girls face a future stripped of opportunity. “They’ve taken our voices,” one said. Another described secretly teaching others—an act that could cost her life.
But the responsibility for this tragedy doesn’t lie solely with the Taliban. The United States bears enormous blame. After 20 years of war and promises to protect Afghan women’s rights, the U.S. withdrawal abandoned millions of girls to a regime that considers their education a crime. This betrayal should haunt every American policymaker who speaks of democracy and freedom.
Equally disturbing is the silence of Muslim-majority nations. Instead of challenging the Taliban’s brutal distortion of Islam, many leaders perpetuate or tolerate ancient customs that reduce women to ghosts—covered, silent, and confined. Not a single Muslim government has taken meaningful action to protect Afghan girls from this gender apartheid.
The girls interviewed pleaded: “Don’t forget us.” We must not. Silence is complicity. If the U.S. and the Muslim world fail to act, they will be remembered not only for abandoning these girls—but for helping bury their futures behind a veil.
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