Talk:Women's rights in Afghanistan

Update With Current State of Affairs
This article should likely be updated with more information on the current state of affairs. National Geographic Magazine had a relevant article on the topic in their December issue, which brought my attention to this page. I plan to spend some time over the coming days to assess the needs and update the page. It actually won't require too much to bring this up to a higher rating. — Zujine |talk 06:06, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Self-immolation
Source The article should mention this.--Cattus talk 10:55, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

The reforms in the royal era
The reforms during the period of 1920s-1973 seem forgotten in this article. In 1959, I believe, the veil was declared voluntary in the big cities and women were allowed to study and work professionally. This may have affected only urban elite women, but it remains important to mention. THis is currently missing in the article and should be added by someone with references--Aciram (talk) 16:08, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

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Anti-Islam editors
This article appears to attract anti-Islam/anti-Muslim editors. The women in Afghanistan are not much different than the women in other Muslim countries. In other words, they are the same as women in Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, etc, and the article should emphasize as such. Those who edit this article should keep in mind that every woman in Afghanistan strictly follows Islam. Everything Islam forbids is forbidden in Afghanistan. There are many evil people around the world who are attacking Islam on every front. Afghan women knowingly and intentionally do not want to live their life like the women in Western countries (non-Muslim countries). That would be against Islam. For example, women in Western countries are free to legally engage in every form of pornography, including oral and anal sex, have sex with many men before marriage, etc. In Afghanistan this is unacceptable by the entire nation and it does not exist, which is obviously good. More women in every Western country are murdered, raped and violently abused than women in Afghanistan. Yet, these anti-Islam editors come here to try to make the clean Afghan women look bad. Just because a specific Afghan woman becomes a victim of a crime does not mean this is an accepted practice in Afghanistan. Many criminals in Afghanistan are actually killed by the victim's family or relatives (mafia style). In short, Islam protects women against every evil. If you can't see this you're spiritually blind. I'm Muslim and I'll never marry any woman who is not Muslim. I'm free to love whoever I want and reject whoever I want.--39.40.119.9 (talk) 08:03, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

User:AadaamS
User:AadaamS is editing this article in bad faith. He's trying to make Islam appear ugly in the eyes of the world. He realized that I'm editing from an Islamic country and began reverting me. I'm not trying to make Islam the best religion in the world. It is what it is. Afghan women love their religion, their way of life, and their Afghan men. Some are victims of crime but that happens everywhere in the world. How can 90% of women in Afghanistan be sexually assaulted by their family members? No ordinary human would even think about accepting such nonsense. Who went door to door to every house in Afghanistan to do this survey? We all know that millions of enemies of Islam are using the media to spread lies about Islam. This is played out now, only children still do this. The information reported in news must be properly read and interpreted correctly in Wikipedia. Women in Afghanistan are very protected compare to women living in Christian nations. But Wikipedia articles are trying to say the opposite. Women in Afghanistan had difficulties only for 5 years in late 1990s under Taliban regime but that has changed now. I improved the article please respect my edits. I'll do more edits when I have time so readers can get accurate image of how life is in Afghanistan for women.--39.40.83.143 (talk) 09:05, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Please do not edit contents solely based on other users' motivations. If you suspect some existing contents with sources are incorrect, please provide other reliable sources which solidly contradict these previous sources. Please also keep in mind that new contents you're trying to add should come with sources. Minussquareofa (talk) 13:46, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Any content in the article must be cited to a WP:RS published reliable source - personal experience does not count. AadaamS (talk) 06:05, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

I cited US military source, which is more reliable and neutral. Only people familiar with Afghanistan's culture should edit this article. Every news report cited in this article is written by non-Afghans, often by those who only want to criticize. If Afghan women are deprived of their rights then a source should be presented where Afghan women are complaining. Why are non-Afghans speaking on behalf of Afghan women?--39.40.162.49 (talk) 17:25, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Per Only people familiar with Afghanistan's culture should edit this article. - there is no such Wikipedia policy or guideline. In fact Wikipedia works the other way around, any editor from any country is allowed (and even encouraged) to edit articles about any other country. Also, material WP:V verified by WP:RS sources cannot be deleted. However, more material can be added using other sources. AadaamS (talk) 06:05, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
 * It's a bedrock rule on planet earth. Wikipedia rules are created by editors and they change daily. It's always preferable to bring experts on Afghanistan to edit this article. I'm one of those.--39.40.46.9 (talk) 19:47, 18 April 2019 (UTC)