With more than 20 years of journalism experience, author and journalist Rochelle Frost has compiled the entire history of how the war between the Taliban and Afghanistan got started.
Although the Afghan population as a whole suffered under the Taliban's control, women in particular had to endure horrific hardships. They were confined in seclusion, denied access to basic human rights, and required to wear veils. By addressing the religion, revolution, and national identity of Afghan women and situating them within their gender-political and religious-political roles, this study advances our comprehension of their mistreatment, incarceration, and murder and provides a framework for their rehabilitation.
In the weeks that followed September 11, 2001, American troops invaded Afghanistan, overthrowing the Afghan Taliban government and forcing the terrorists it was harboring to flee. However, the simplicity of America's first victory contrasts sharply with the challenges it now has in dealing with the Taliban's rebirth.