Five years after the fall of Herat to the Taliban, several residents of the province cite unemployment, restrictions imposed on women, the ban on girls’ education, and rising poverty and hardship as the most significant challenges of these years.
Sources told the Hasht-e Subh Daily on Wednesday, 12 August, that the fall of Herat is still associated with bitter memories of war and fear, and that its consequences continue to negatively affect people’s lives five years later.
They say that over the past five years, restrictions and crackdowns in the province have intensified each year, and the space for people to live a normal life has gradually disappeared.
Some residents of Herat have also said that even women face arrest and harsh treatment because of their clothing, and that families are forced to pay large sums of money to secure their release.
The Taliban’s harsh measures over the past five years have caused serious concerns among the people, who say that restricting the individual and social freedoms of citizens of the country constitutes a violation of their fundamental rights.
