”Great in the Sack”: When Misogyny Leads to Mayhem23 Juli

"Throw reason to the dogs..": Gender Apartheid and the Erasure of Afghan Women, pt.2

In this episode, we take a look at the reality of life in Afghanistan under the Taliban's first reign from 1996 to 2001, through a historical and feminist lens. Moving past the savioristic and imperial themes, we look at human cost through the archives of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) and investigative reporting like Beneath the Veil, and Unholy War. The rise of the Taliban is discussed, along with their war crimes and alliance with al-Qaeda, the devastating scorched-earth campaigns across the north, and the super- risky acts of everyday resistance by women fighting to survive. Finally, we examine the immediate, grim fallout of Ahmad Shah Massoud’s assassination and the chilling warnings RAWA issued right as the world changed on September 11, 2001. Tune in as we break down what daily life looked like under a totalitarian theocracy.

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Links to the 2 different petitions:

https://secure.avaaz.org/community_petitions/en/united_nations_human_rights_council_united_nations_un_human_rights_council_recognize_gender_apartheid_in_afghanistan/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPNTY3MDY3MzQzMzU

https://c.org/xYVpXB5b6c

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan:

https://www.rawa.org/rawa/2025/12/10/human-rights-are-attainable-through-dismantling-the-chains-of-imperialism-and-fundamentalism.html

Women for Afghan Women (WAW):

https://share.google/w2qlni2wSkyOIG2Cg

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Sources:

Beneath the veil https://youtu.be/FNfpi91RVaw?is=kBx_D0Cr_XsyoVOd

Unholy War https://youtu.be/AgHd9i6UEO0?is=8CCjT6-a8QX_7wcI

rawa.org

Gall, Sandy (7 September 2021). Afghan Napoleon: The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud. London: Haus Publishing. ISBN 9781913368234

https://share.google/grfSYIxLLcQfTzvUG

https://share.google/MpzAnQxl2x0Xo9ezV

“500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars” by Kurt Eichenwald | Democracy Now! https://share.google/du7PRbPQvnvWRcczI

https://share.google/5vMuZCMrYeUYl20rC

https://www.britannica.com/topic/mujahideen-Afghani-rebels

CESifo-Forum-2022-1-albrecht-et-al-afghan-women-january.pdf https://share.google/mcrcasm8nfuxeh5Vn

Kandiyoti, Deniz. (1988). Bargaining with Patriarchy. Gender & Society, 2(3), 274–290. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/190357.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A5cb00a81af83422be947f680c9b318b5&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1

https://share.google/C7hItrCfAuDhGyTIu

https://share.google/jtPGkz20W6tiGbKwh

https://www.hrw.org/report/2005/07/06/blood-stained-hands/past-atrocities-kabul-and-afghanistans-legacy-impunity

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