Violence Against Women at the Hands of the Taliban

Afghan women wait in line to be treated at the Kalakan health clinic in Kalakan, Afghanistan, in this file photo. Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Commentary

As the Afghanistan crisis unfolds, the emerging reports of suffering, violence, and brutality inflicted on the Afghan people at the hands of the Taliban are devastating. In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, women in particular are in grave danger. As former President George W. Bush said, “I’m afraid Afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm.”