Another step in the wrong direction for Afghanistan. Bush made plenty of promises and Laura made a visit over to Afghanistan to talk about women's rights hidden inside of a secure bunker zone, but the reality of Afghanistan is that the Bush administration dropped the ball in Afghanistan. The result has been a booming heroin trade in Afghanistan and Safia Amajan being murdered for daring to be successful in opening schools and teaching women how to market their goods. So once again, the US is showing those who stand up and take action will be soon forgotten by the US. What a foreign policy legacy.
At the official end of the Afghan war, America's first lady, Laura Bush, was among those who declared that one of the most important achievements of overthrowing the Taliban was emancipation of women. However, since then female social workers and teachers have been maimed and killed, girls' schools shut down and female workers forced to give up their jobs. The few women out in the streets in Kandahar and other places in the south are covered in burqas. A report by the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission spoke of the "systematic and violent campaign" directed against women.
